PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorges Valencia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carter
vs
Valencia

165 cm
21
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
21
135 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jorges Valencia!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valencia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter throws a lazy uppercut
and Valencia counters with a stiff right hand.
Valencia is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valencia.
Valencia slips under a jab from Carter.
Jack Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter looks to score with a jab to the body but Valencia is just out of range.
Carter looks to land a left hand but Valencia moved out of range nicely.
Valencia moves away from the strike by Carter.
Valencia works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Carter misses with a body shot
and Valencia counters with a nice uppercut.

Carter closes the distance and clinches.
Valencia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valencia's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valencia tries to break free but Carter pushes him back against the cage.
Carter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Carter gets through Valencia's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carter lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Valencia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice body punch from Carter - that landed with a thud.
Valencia trying to control the position but instead, Carter has worked for underhooks and has pushed Valencia into the cage.
Carter tries a body shot but Valencia blocks it.
Valencia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carter.

Valencia breaks the clinch.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valencia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Carter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Valencia's head.
Valencia moves out of range of the strikes.
Carter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Carter drives through and clinches with Valencia against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Valencia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valencia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter lands an uppercut.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Valencia avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valencia's elbow.

Valencia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valencia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Carter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carter misses with a body punch
and Valencia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Valencia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Valencia's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Carter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valencia manages to avoid it.
Valencia drops his hands momentarily and Carter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Carter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valencia throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valencia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valencia.
Carter takes a swing at Valencia's ribcage but misses.
Carter throws a body punch but Valencia moves out of range.
Carter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Valencia lands with a straight right. Carter didn't see that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Valencia misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Carter dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A shot to the body from Carter misses
and Valencia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Valencia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valencia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
Carter tries to clinch up.
Valencia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jack Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Valencia fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Valencia avoids the body shot from Carter.
Valencia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Valencia is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valencia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
Carter rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Valencia counters with a nice body shot.
Valencia avoids the body shot from Carter.
Valencia blocks a jab.
Carter throws a right hand that misses
and Valencia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A left lands for Carter.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valencia looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.
Nice body punch from Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valencia staying out of range there.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Valencia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valencia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Valencia moves away and avoids it.
Jorges Valencia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carter throws an off balance right hand
and Valencia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valencia takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Valencia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valencia manages to avoid it.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Valencia.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
Valencia has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Carter misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carter.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Valencia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carter keeps control of Valencia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valencia is looking to break free of the clinch but Carter has double underhooks.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Valencia is breathing heavily.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Valencia wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Valencia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valencia blocks a body shot from Carter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valencia's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valencia throws a head punch that misses.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter tries a body shot but Valencia blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Carter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Carter dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Valencia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
Carter takes a swing at Valencia's ribcage but misses.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valencia.
Carter dodges the punch combination from Valencia.
A jab from Carter misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valencia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valencia ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Carter misses with a lunging right hand
letting Valencia counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valencia slips under a jab.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carter throws an off balance right hand
and Valencia counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter misses with a hook
enabling Valencia to counter with a crisp jab.
Carter tries to clinch but Valencia is having none of it.
Carter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Valencia counters with a straight right hand.
Carter throws a body punch but Valencia moves out of range.
Carter misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Valencia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valencia throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Valencia lands with an uppercut that bounces Carter off the cage and back into range.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from Carter misses.
Valencia throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Valencia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valencia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valencia slips under a jab.
Carter throws the left hand but Valencia avoids the punch easily.
Valencia throws a big shot that misses.
Carter lands a nice hook to Valencia's body. Valencia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Valencia slips a jab from Carter.
Carter jabs at Valencia's body.
Carter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Valencia counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valencia tests Carter's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands with an uppercut that bounces Valencia off the cage and back into range.
Valencia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Carter throws an off balance right hand
and Carter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Valencia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter with a nice cross.
Jorges Valencia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A shot to the body from Carter misses
letting Valencia counter with a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Carter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carter has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Jack Carter!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Jack Carter!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Jack Carter!

Jack Carter wins by unanimous decision!