PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rubin Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Dylan - Hurricane. Rua has chosen Time For War as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Rubin Carter has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Carter
vs
Rua

185 cm
26
190 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

181 cm
26
193 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Down Under! - Supplements (AXES)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rubin Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rua!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua tries to clinch
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carter scores with a body shot.
Rua throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
Rua tries to clinch
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
Carter dips to his left and cracks Rua with an uppercut!
Carter stuffs the takedown.
Rua tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
Good shot there by Carter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter lands with a good body shot.
A jab from Carter finds it's way through Rua's defenses.
Rua moves forwards but Carter connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Carter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rua moves to clinch but Carter breaks away
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carter cracks Rua with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rua on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Rua tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Rua closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice shot lands for Carter.
Carter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Rua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rua swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rua tries to clinch
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rua is defended easily by Carter.
Rua takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua closes the distance but Carter moves to the side
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
Rua tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carter lands a jab to the nose.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rua. That's going to slow Carter down.
Carter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rua tries to clinch up
and Carter counters with a low kick, right behind Rua 's knee.
Rua looks gassed!
Rua wants to clinch but Carter slips to the side
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rua misses with a combination

and Carter counters with a single leg into guard. Rua didn't expect that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Carter won't allow Rua to get back to his feet.
Carter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Carter chips away with some ground and pound.
Carter sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Carter won't allow Rua to get back to his feet.
Carter controlling from the top position.
Carter is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Carter prevents Rua from getting back to his feet.
Carter scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Carter landing some decent shots from guard.
Carter postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Carter postures up in Rua's guard and throws a big left but Rua blocks it.
Carter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Carter slips nicely into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Rua with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubin Carter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Carter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rua.
Rua tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carter connects with a single shot there.
Rua throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rua has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carter avoids the head kick by Rua.
A decent looking cross lands there for Carter.
Rua lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua darts in trying to clinch
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Carter drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Carter advances to half guard.
Ground and pound from Carter.
Carter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rua is breathing heavily.
Carter not doing much here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua won't allow Carter to pass to mount.
Carter perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Carter seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Carter winds up and cracks Rua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Carter stops Rua from getting back to his feet.
Carter not doing much here.
Rua taking some punishment here, with Carter in his half guard.
Carter content to control rather than advance.
Carter is nestled in close to Rua, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Carter.
Carter takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Carter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rua can do to turn this around?
Carter moves into full mount! Rua won't be happy about that!
Carter lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Carter controlling from the full mount.
Carter with good strikes from the mount here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Carter controlling the pace for now.
Rubin Carter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carter scoring with strikes but Rua is staying in there.
Carter controlling his opponent.
Carter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rua looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rua's face.
Rua in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Rua is rocked!
Carter content just to control the position here.
Rua is still in real trouble! Can Carter finish him?
Carter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rua wants to get back to his feet.
Rua seems to have recovered his senses.
Carter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rua?
Carter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Carter controlling from mount.
Carter dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua taking shots to the head.
Carter working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rubin Carter dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rua throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carter counters with an outside leg kick.
Carter connects with a right hand. Rua shakes it off.
Carter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Carter shoots in for a takedown but Rua shows good takedown defense.
Nice straight punches there by Carter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carter.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
A left lands for Carter.
Rua tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Rua's knee momentarily.
Rua closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Rua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter jabs Rua right on the nose. Rua blinks but takes it well.
Rua tries to clinch but Carter moves away
and Carter counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carter drops Rua with a left right combo! Carter follows him down to the ground into side control.
Carter lands a decent elbow from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter is working Rua over with some ground and pound from side control.
Carter takes a little break here. Rua wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Carter lands a strong strike to the head of Rua. That's dazed him! Carter looking to finish here. Rua is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Carter lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rubin Carter!