PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seem Less (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Less is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Song 2 - Blur. Carter has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Seem Less is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Carter
vs
Less

188 cm
28
225 lbs
6 - 5 - 1

200 cm
30
230 lbs
4 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seem Less!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Less shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carter sprawls well. Carter wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Less gets slowly back to his feet.

Less shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Less showed some decent athleticism there.
Carter is looking to improve his position.

Less is working for a submission of some sort.
Less thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carter's head.

Less is looking for a kimura here.
Carter is refusing to be controlled, as Less sits in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less throws a strike but Carter avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Less throws a strike but Carter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Less looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Carter has picked Less up and slammed him! Less can't keep hold of the triangle and Carter manages to pass to side control!
Less tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Carter wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Less strikes from the bottom but Carter takes advantage and advances to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Less is trying desperately to improve position.
Less tries to hold on but Carter pushes him away.
Less keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Less tries to hold on but Carter postures up.
Less is looking to get to half guard.
Less has given up his back here.
Less wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less turns into Carter and is now in his guard.

Less drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Carter dives on top into guard.

Less is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Less is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Less isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Carter stacks Less on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Carter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seem Less dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Carter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Carter has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Less just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Carter dodges an elbow strike from Less.
Less lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Less just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Carter blocks the elbow strike.
Less misses with an elbow strike.
Less is trying to pull guard but Carter has him pressed against the cage.
Carter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Less trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Less into the cage.
Less trying to land knees to the body.
Carter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Less's elbow.
Nice elbow from Less.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but Carter blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Less.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Less.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Less.
A hook to the body from Carter.
Less tries to pull guard but Carter won't allow it.
Less throws an elbow that misses.
Less is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Less taking a breather.
Less throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Less lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Less thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carter's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter regains full guard. Nicely done.
Carter looking to control.
Less wants to stand and escape but instead Carter has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Less working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Carter has passed into half guard!

Less actively working from the bottom here.
Carter wants to stand but Less has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

Less looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Less tries to reverse the position but Carter maintains control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Seem Less has got the better of the ground game so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seem Less showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Carter misses with a series of wild punches.
Less fails to land the takedown.
Less lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carter circles away quickly and effectively.
Carter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Carter gets a clinch.

Less breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Less avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter thows a body shot but no joy.
Carter lands a nice looking body shot.
Carter tries to bum rush Less with a series of wild strikes but Less uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Less looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Less throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Less fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nick Carter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Less.
Nick Carter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seem Less.
Carter works over Less's head and body with a nice combination.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A swing and a miss from Carter.
Less 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 Less off to one side.
Carter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Less shoots for a double leg takedown but Carter sprawls well. He's pushed Less's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carter throws a low kick but Less moves out of range easily.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Less takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nick Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Less fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Carter avoids it really well and circles away.
Less shoots in for a takedown but Carter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter throws a series of punches but Less avoids them all with ease.
Nick Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Less shoots in for a takedown but Carter shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carter bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

Less decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter controlling the position for now.
Carter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Less is working away from the top position though.
Carter is refusing to be controlled, as Less sits in half guard.

Less stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter cracks Less with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Less moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Carter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Less momentarily.
Less tries to clinch but Carter is having none of it.
Less misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carter thuds his right hand into Less's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Less avoids the body shot from Carter.

Carter clinches.
Less prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Less scores a nice knee to the body.
Less landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carter managing to block the knees to the body from Less.
Carter wants to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less throws a knee to the head but misses.
Less misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Seem Less seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Less misses with an elbow over the top.
Carter is trying to stall.
Less wants to stall.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter letting Less take a breather here.
Carter lands with a right to the head.
Less tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Nick Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Less tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Less leaning against his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Less pushes off an throws an elbow but Carter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Seem Less is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Carter working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Seem Less.
I've got Less winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seem Less!
Seem Less really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Al's Supplements - 160 Q for $150 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.