PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Thicke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thicke is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by David Guetta and Snoop Dogg - Sweat . Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Carter
vs
Thicke

205 cm
19
149 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

184 cm
26
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Carter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brad Thicke!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thicke throws a right hand that Carter ducks under and follows up with a left that Carter also avoids with ease.
Carter lands with a nice combination. Thicke backs away looking to recover.
Thicke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thicke throws a right hand that misses
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter throws a leg kick but Thicke moved away.
Thicke pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Carter back to the cage. Thicke follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Carter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Thicke scores with a jab to the body.
Thicke is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Carter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thicke was well out of range. Poor timing from Carter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Carter throws a hook but Thicke blocks it.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thicke looks to land a combination but Carter avoids it well.
Carter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thicke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thicke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carter swings for the body but Thicke moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Carter. Those never looked like landing.
Thicke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thicke throws out the jab.
Thicke is looking to clinch.
Carter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thicke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carter blocks a jab.
Carter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thicke circles away quickly and effectively.
Thicke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thicke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thicke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thicke swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thicke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thicke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
Thicke looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
Carter throws a jab when Thicke was well out of range.
Thicke thows a body shot but no joy.
Thicke scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carter looks to land a right hand but Thicke moved out of range.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Carter dodges the punch combination from Thicke.
Thicke is looking to clinch but Carter is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Thicke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carter fails to land with a series of punches.
Thicke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thicke tries to clinch up.
Thicke uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thicke swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thicke misses the shot to the body.
Thicke misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter with a nice cross.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Thicke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Thicke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thicke tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Carter.
Danga de danga de dang - Carter scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thicke misses with a body shot.
Carter really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thicke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Thicke.
Thicke misses with a wild combination.
Carter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thicke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thicke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Carter.
Sloppy strikes from Carter. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Thicke 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.

Thicke blocks a jab.
Thicke lands a jab to the head.
A combination from Thicke does no damage.
Ryan Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carter throws a low kick but Thicke avoids it.
Thicke tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Thicke.
Thicke misses with a jab to the body
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Thicke lands a body shot.
Carter throws out a loose jab but Thicke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter tries a low kick but Thicke avoids it.
Carter avoids the body shot from Thicke.
Brad Thicke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thicke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter moves away from the strike by Thicke.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thicke misses with a wild combination.
Thicke misses with the combination.
Thicke looks to throw the jab but Carter is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thicke. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thicke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carter was well out of range. Poor timing from Thicke.
Carter takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thicke takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Carter throws a good cross that connects.
Thicke throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Thicke blocks a jab.
Thicke digs a good body shot into Carter's ribs.
Carter lands with an overhand left.
Carter misses with a wild combination.
Thicke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carter.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thicke looks to land a right hand but Carter moved out of range.
Carter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thicke counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thicke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Thicke swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Carter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thicke.
Thicke misses the shot to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Carter, as that shot connected.
Thicke lands a slapping body shot.
Jab, jab by Thicke - just one landing.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thicke manages to avoid it.
Thicke swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thicke ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Thicke fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thicke. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thicke tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Carter moves out of range as Thicke strikes.
Thicke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
Carter misses with a double jab.
Thicke misses with a few strikes there.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thicke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thicke misses with a wild body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thicke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Thicke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Thicke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Carter misses with a wild combination.
Carter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thicke jabs at Carter's body.
Thicke throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
Carter defending well as Thicke loads up on a big left hand.
Carter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Carter slips a straight right by Thicke.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Thicke lands with a good body shot.
Carter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thicke throws out the jab.
Thicke throws a series of strikes that have Carter backpedaling.
Thicke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thicke sizes up Carter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Carter misses with a wild combination.
Carter misses with a left hand
enabling Thicke to counter with a crisp jab.
Thicke scores with a jab. Carter acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Carter is rocked!
Thicke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Thicke jabs Carter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Thicke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Thicke takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Carter.
Carter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thicke circles away quickly and effectively.
Carter thuds his right hand into Thicke's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thicke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carter throws a series of punches but Thicke moves out of range.
A punch combination from Thicke misses.
Thicke scores with a sloppy right hand. Carter should have avoided that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thicke swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Thicke fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carter on the side of the head.
Carter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thicke.
Thicke takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thicke keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thicke misses with a wild body shot.
Carter throws a right and a left that Thicke avoids nicely.
Nice body punch from Thicke.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Thicke does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Carter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thicke.
Thicke lands with a shot to the body.
Carter darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carter swinging wildly here.
Carter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Thicke misses with a straight left.
Thicke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thicke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thicke looks to land a right hand but Carter moved out of range.
Thicke throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter thows a body shot but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carter.
Thicke connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carter. Carter circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thicke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter tries to work over Thicke's front leg with a kick but Thicke checks it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thicke tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Thicke lands a head shot.
Oh Carter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter misses with a double jab.
Carter throws a solid leg kick but Thicke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Carter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thicke misses with a double jab.
Thicke misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
Carter seems to have got his legs back now.
Thicke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thicke pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Thicke really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thicke's head backwards.
Thicke misses the body punch
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
Thicke lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Carter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carter connects with a looping right hand.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Thicke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Thicke throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thicke moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Carter with a hook.
Thicke misses with a wild body shot.
Thicke staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thicke missing with a left hand there. Carter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thicke misses with a wild body shot.
Thicke wants to clinch.
Thicke slips a jab and a cross from Carter.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Thicke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter fails to land with a series of punches.
Thicke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Thicke displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Thicke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thicke fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thicke throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Carter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Thicke. Thicke circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
A nice combination there by Carter.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Carter misses with a lunging right hand
and Thicke counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thicke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carter.
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!
Thicke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Carter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Thicke misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thicke swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter slips under a jab from Thicke.
Thicke looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Thicke tries to close the distance and clinch but Carter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thicke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Good exchange - Thicke coming out on top.
Thicke misses the jab.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Carter takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Sloppy strikes from Carter. Those never looked like landing.
Carter misses with a double jab
letting Thicke counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thicke takes a jab right on the kisser.
Carter misses with the combination.
Thicke staying out of range there.
Thicke misses with a few strikes there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carter.
Thicke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thicke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Good exchange - Carter coming out on top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thicke misses with a wild body shot.
Thicke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Brad Thicke will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Thicke takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
Thicke works the jab nicely.
Carter is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Carter looks to score with a jab to the body but Thicke is just out of range.
Carter tries a head kick but it misses.
Carter misses with the combination.
Sloppy strikes from Carter. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Carter does no damage.
Carter avoids the body shot from Thicke.
Thicke looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Thicke paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Thicke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Thicke scores with a jab.
Carter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thicke moves away from the strike by Carter.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thicke. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Thicke.
Thicke throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Carter staying out of range there.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thicke swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Carter blocks a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thicke.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Thicke throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Carter.
Thicke punishes Carter's body with a nice straight punch.
Thicke avoids the body shot from Carter.
Thicke lands with a shot to the body.
Thicke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Thicke. Those never looked like landing.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
A swing and a miss from Thicke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter throws a series of punches but Thicke moves out of range.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thicke misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big right from Thicke misses.
Carter avoids the body shot from Thicke.
Thicke checks a low kick from Carter.
Thicke moves out of range as Carter throws a body kick.
Thicke lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carter at a distance.
Carter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carter takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carter missing with a left hand there. Thicke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thicke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thicke.
Carter misses with a looping right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws an overhand right that lands on Thicke's shoulder, as Thicke tries to avoid the shot.
Carter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thicke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carter throws a right hand that Thicke ducks under and follows up with a left that Thicke also avoids with ease.
Thicke takes one on the button.
Thicke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thicke counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carter thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Thicke connects with a nice looking jab.
Ryan Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thicke lands a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter slips a jab from Thicke.
Thicke scores with a jab.
Brad Thicke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Carter throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brad Thicke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Thicke 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 46:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Thicke! Brad Thicke retains his featherweight title!
After the fight, Brad Thicke was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Ryan Carter stepped up to the mic, saying 'Twice now Brad came out the better man. I will go back to the gym, work on my techniques. Thank you for the support, I'll be back stronger than ever'.