PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Hawkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Kasabian - Club Foot. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hawkins's choice of entrance music: Diary of a Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carter
vs
Hawkins

180 cm
24
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
155 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kevin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clay Hawkins!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Carter slams his shin into Hawkins's torso.
Clay Hawkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Carter clinches up with Hawkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Hawkins takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hawkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carter leaning against his opponent.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carter is struggling to control the position.
Carter prevents Hawkins from breaking the clinch.
Carter lands an elbow inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hawkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Carter just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawkins is trying to force a seperation but Carter has the dominant position.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Carter just stands there and leans against the cage.
Carter trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter has Hawkins pressed against the cage, preventing Hawkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carter effectively controlling the action here.

Hawkins jumps guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawkins keeping full guard, as Carter tries to pass.
Carter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hawkins wants to stand and escape but Carter is having none of it.

Hawkins has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Carter off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Hawkins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carter can pounce on him.

Carter instigates a clinch.
Hawkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Hawkins fails to pull guard.
Kevin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Hawkins.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Hawkins.
Carter stalls.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hawkins is trying to force a seperation but Carter has the dominant position.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter leaning against his opponent.
Hawkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hawkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter controlling the action here for a moment.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Carter just stands there and leans against the cage.
Hawkins is trying to force a seperation but Carter has the dominant position.
Carter misses with a knee to the head.

Hawkins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter stuffs the takedown attempt from Hawkins. Hawkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Carter lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hawkins. That did some damage!

Carter instigates a clinch.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but Carter won't allow it.
A bit of stalling here from Carter.
Carter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hawkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hawkins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
Hawkins wants to break free but Carter has control.
Carter holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hawkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkins's defenses.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but Carter won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hawkins being controlled against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Carter dominated that round.
That's time! Carter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hawkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Hawkins closes the distance and pushes Carter back into the cage.
Carter with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carter looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Hawkins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawkins tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Hawkins back against the cage.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but Hawkins blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Hawkins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawkins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Carter lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Carter looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Carter misses with a body punch.
Hawkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Carter has double underhooks.
Hawkins is trying to pull guard but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Hawkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawkins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Carter smiles and moves away.
Kevin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Hawkins.
Hawkins looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
Carter slips under a jab from Hawkins.
Carter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hawkins. That did some damage!
Hawkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Hawkins throws a shot from downtown. Carter moves away and avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Carter. That's going to slow Hawkins down.
Hawkins is breathing heavily.
Carter lands with a slapping head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Carter blocks the leg kick.
Carter throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hawkins gets tackled into the cage by Carter. Carter maintains the clinch.
Hawkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter keeps control of Hawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter misses with an elbow strike.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Hawkins in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Carter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carter lands an elbow inside that Hawkins shrugs off.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkins's defenses.
A knee to the head by Carter.
Hawkins fails to pull guard.
Carter lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Hawkins takes an elbow to the temple.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Hawkins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hawkins takes an elbow to the temple.
Carter is stalling here.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter scores a nice knee to the body.
Carter lands a nice elbow.
Carter lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carter stalls.
Hawkins takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hawkins up against the cage.
Hawkins wants to break free but Carter has control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carter keeps control of Hawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Hawkins in his tracks for a moment.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Carter connects with a knee to the head.
Kevin Carter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hawkins can't break the clinch.
Hawkins tries to circle away but Carter has him pinned against the cage.
Carter lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter has Hawkins pushed against the cage.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Carter dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hawkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Nice takedown defense from Carter. No joy for Hawkins on that attempt.
Hawkins thows a body shot but no joy.

Hawkins has managed to clinch.
Carter lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hawkins takes a knee to the side of the body.
The referee calls for Carter to work.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkins's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hawkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hawkins misses with some punches.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Hawkins in his tracks for a moment.
Carter lands a good knee to the midsection. Hawkins won't want to take too many of those.
Carter gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Carter lands an elbow that stopped Hawkins in his tracks for a moment.
Carter lands a nice elbow.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkins's defenses.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawkins can do to turn this around?
Hawkins working hard to break the clinch.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Hawkins's ribcage.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Hawkins's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter is stalling here.
Knees to the body from Carter.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter stalling the fight.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins working hard to break the clinch.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter has Hawkins pressed against the cage, preventing Hawkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Clay Hawkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter keeps control of Hawkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkins's defenses.
Hawkins wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Hawkins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carter to keep the fight standing.
Hawkins is trying to pull guard but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Kevin Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clay Hawkins.
Carter landing knees to the body.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kevin Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carter.
Hawkins tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
Hawkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carter comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but Carter forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carter has Hawkins pushed against the cage.
Hawkins has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Carter lands a knee to the head.
Carter using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but Carter forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Hawkins tries to pull guard but Carter won't allow it.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawkins letting Carter take a breather here.
Nice elbow from Carter.
Carter's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carter lands an elbow just above Hawkins 's eye.
Carter scores with a shot to the side of Hawkins's head.
Carter taking a breather.

Hawkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hawkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hawkins throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hawkins's knee momentarily.
Carter scores with a head kick. Hawkins tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hawkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Carter counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hawkins is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Carter clinches up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Carter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Carter!
An out of breath Kevin Carter thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.