PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murphy Divine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Carter
vs
Divine

195 cm
24
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

{R.W} Four Aces Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Murphy Divine!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Divine scores with a jab to the jaw.
Divine throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter swinging wildly here.

Carter drives through and clinches with Divine against the cage.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Divine misses with a hook

and Carter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carter.
Divine is looking to control Carter's arms but Carter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Divine has his back to the cage.

Carter pulls Divine into guard.
Divine should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Carter is pulling down on Divine's head. It's preventing any offense from Divine, at least for the moment.
Divine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Divine avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Divine is fighting to break Carter's control of his arms but Carter is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Carter has his feet on Divine's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Divine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Divine does no damage.
Good work by Divine as he checks the leg kick.
Divine throws a poor cross that misses

and Carter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Divine is trying to break the clinch but Carter is controlling him.

Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carter fails with a takedown attempt.
Divine misses with a shot to the body

and Carter counters by moving into the clinch.
Divine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Carter.
Divine tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
Divine working hard to break the clinch.

Divine is fighting off a takedown attempt but Carter is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Divine to the mat. Divine regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Divine is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Carter taking a breather here.
Carter tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter slows the pace down.

Carter decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Divine throws out a loose jab but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Divine throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.

Carter clinches with his opponent.

Carter has clasped his hands together around Divine's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
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!
Divine is trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Carter dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Divine throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
A slow jab from Divine misses its intended target.
Divine shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Carter eats them both and turns towards Divine to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Divine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Divine throws a shot from downtown. Carter moves away and avoids it.
Murphy Divine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter fails with a takedown attempt.
Carter fails to land the takedown.
Divine jabs Carter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Divine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Carter has time to react.
Carter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Divine.

Carter pushes Divine up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Divine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.

Carter gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Divine regains guard.
Carter pushing down on Divine's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
John Carter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carter is taking a breather. Divine says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Divine tries to get to full guard but Carter has control of the leg.
Carter with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Carter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Carter there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Carter controlling from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Carter here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter controlling from the full mount.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

We're going to have a standup here because John Carter wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Carter shoots in and drives through. Divine sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Carter drives through and clinches with Divine against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Divine wants to break free but Carter has control.
Divine tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.

Carter has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Divine clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter struggling to land strikes to the head as Divine covers up.
I would not like to be Divine right now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Carter has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Carter dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Divine scores with a decent looking hook.
Carter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Carter throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Divine was covering up waiting for the punch and Carter finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Carter stands up from Divine's guard - Carter perhaps looking for a knockout.

Divine tries to keep at a distance but Carter has taken the fight into the clinch.
Divine tries to land knees in the clinch but Carter avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Divine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Divine throws a right hand that misses

and Carter counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Carter drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carter seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Divine is working an open guard so Carter takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Divine looks to land a left hand but Carter moved out of range nicely.
Divine misses with a hook

and Carter counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carter.
Carter trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter avoiding damage as Divine throws knees to the body.
Divine misses with a knee to the head.
Divine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carter is defending well for now.
Divine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Carter.
Divine missing with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Divine is looking to break free of the clinch but Carter has double underhooks.
Divine has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Divine has had enough of the clinch but Carter keeps him there for the moment.
Divine is trying to push Carter away but Carter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carter tries for a takedown but Divine manages to get underhooks.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
John Carter has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Divine.

Carter breaks the clinch.

Carter takes the fight into the clinch.
Divine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carter is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Divine pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Carter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carter avoiding damage as Divine throws knees to the body.
Divine gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Carter.
Divine 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.
Divine is trying to force a seperation but Carter has the dominant position.
Murphy Divine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Carter pulls Divine into guard.
John Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter managing to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
John 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Carter!