PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phobos Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carter
vs
Ross

180 cm
18
174 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Lightning Fight Gear
MMA's Best Nutrition

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phobos Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Ross!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter ducks right into an uppercut from Ross.
Carter shoots in but no luck this time.
Carter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ross swivels and escapes.
Carter looks for a takedown but Ross sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phobos Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ross keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Carter fails with the takedown.

Ross fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Carter sprawls well initially but Ross persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Ross is looking to take a break and control but Carter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ross stalling.
Carter is refusing to be controlled, as Ross sits in half guard.
Ross sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carter defending well though.
Ross lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Carter trying to hold on to Ross's head to control him but Ross postures up.
Ross scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ross working over Carter with some ground and pound. Carter looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross lands strikes from half guard.
Ross lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ross is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Ross thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ross trying to pass the guard but Carter defending well.
Ross wants to take a breather but Carter is having none of it.
Ross not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carter tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Ross shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carter sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Carter is breathing heavily.
Ross working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross controlling the pace.
Ross is trying to control the action in half guard but Carter is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ross landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ross wants to take a breather but Carter is having none of it.
Nice strikes from Ross there.
Ross is looking to advance position but Carter won't allow it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Ross drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carter sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ross looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ross lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Carter is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter wants to control but Ross is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ross trying to mount his opponent but Carter defends it.
Ross sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Carter taking some punishment here, with Ross in his half guard.
Carter trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Carter flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ross cracks Carter with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ross with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ross working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ross can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carter is looking to escape.
Carter gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Carter taking some punishment here, with Ross in his half guard.
Well, if Ross 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.
Ross winds up and cracks Carter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Carter has hold of Ross's hands but Ross slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ross connects with a nice short shot to Carter's temple.
Carter flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ross is looking to take a break and control but Carter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ross scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Ross is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Carter tries to get to full guard but Ross has control of the leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ross landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ross lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ross connects with a nice short shot to Carter's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Carter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ross wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Ross sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Carter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carter wants to pass to mount but Ross is defending the position.
Carter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ross is trying to maintain the position but Carter is very close to passing his half guard.
Ross striking from the bottom.
Ross is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Carter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Carter's back!
Shane Ross has got the better of the ground game so far.
Good control from Ross.
Ross is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Carter. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Ross looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Ross scores with strikes from the back.

Carter is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross raining down shots from the mount!
Carter tries to reverse the position but Ross maintains control.
Ross tries to control but Carter wriggling away.
Carter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ross is landing with some decent strikes but Carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ross can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carter is looking to escape.

Ross working for a guillotine from mount but Carter is in no mood to give up.
Ross content just to control the position here.

Ross working for a submission but Carter is keeping him at bay.
Carter avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ross unloading with bombs!
Carter is trying to escape the mount.
Ross blocks Carter's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ross with the ground and pound from mount.
Carter wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Carter tries to reverse the position but Ross maintains control.
Ross punching from mount but Carter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ross unloading with bombs!
Carter is working to get back to half guard.
Carter throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Carter is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Carter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ross cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ross landing strikes from the mount and Carter is in trouble!
Carter really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Carter that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Carter sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ross seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Carter does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ross is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carter trying to get back to full guard but Ross takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Ross lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Carter hang on?
Ross is landing with some decent strikes but Carter is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Carter gets back to half guard.
Carter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ross working the head and body with strikes.
Ross frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Carter is trying desperately to improve position.
Ross content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Ross connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ross with the ground and pound from mount.
Ross fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Carter is squirming around, avoiding Ross's attempts to control the action.
Ross scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Carter?
Carter keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ross in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ross connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ross landing shots from mount.

Carter is rocked!
Ross landing punches.
Oh Carter is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross controlling the pace for now.
Carter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Ross 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Ross throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A shot to de liver by Ross. Beautiful body shot.
Carter misses with a takedown

so Ross counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ross seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ross scoring with some ground and pound.
Ross stands and throws Carter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ross wants to control but Carter is keeping him busy.
Carter seems to have got his legs back now.
Carter taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ross connects with a decent elbow.
Ross in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ross scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Carter to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ross has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Carter!
Ross looking to control but Carter is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Ross.
Ross lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Carter hang on?
Carter is bucking up trying to escape but Ross cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carter throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Ross landing strikes from the mount and Carter is in trouble!
Ross lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ross looking to finish Carter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Carter!
Carter is desperately trying to improve his position but Ross has a good base and remains in mount.
Ross blocks Carter's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Carter is trying desperately to improve position.
Ross dominating with strikes here.
Ross can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carter is looking to escape.
Carter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Phobos Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ross. What's that going to do exactly?
Carter is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carter tries to hold on but Ross postures up.
Ross lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carter is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ross trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carter flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Ross trying to control but Carter is having none of it.

Ross is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Carter has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross scoring with strikes but Carter is staying in there.
Ross lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carter tries to reverse the position but Ross maintains control.
Ross lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ross cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Carter tries to reverse the position but Ross maintains control.
Ross with a couple of short strikes.
Ross lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ross breaks from Carter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ross lands a heavy elbow.
Carter is bucking up trying to escape but Ross cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carter tries to reverse the position but Ross maintains control.
Ross avoids the attempt from Carter to control.
Ross prevents Carter from getting the reversal.

That's four 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.
Carter regains half guard.
Ross wants to free his trapped foot but Carter is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ross not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Carter missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Carter manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Ross keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Carter's head.
Ross is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ross stopping the sweep attempt from Carter.
Ross trying to control the position from guard on top but Carter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carter misses with a hook

and Ross counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ross.
Carter bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ross's guard.
Ross is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Carter throwing strikes from guard but Ross blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Ross comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ross 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ross!