PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Richard Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winters comes to the cage accompanied by US Army - We Are Soldiers. This should be a great matchup!

Winters
vs
Carter

185 cm
26
189 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

179 cm
26
191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Highland Clothing

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Winters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dylan Carter!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Winters under the eye.

It looks like Richard Winters has been cut.
Winters throws a body punch but Carter moves out of range.
Winters swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Winters throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch lands to the side of Carter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Winters on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carter. Carter obviously looking to wear him down.
Carter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Winters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
Winters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winters just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Winters appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Winters takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Carter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winters manages to avoid it.
Winters misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Winters sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Richard Winters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Winters stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter lands a nice leg kick that just misses Winters's sensitive parts.
Carter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carter looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carter throws a jab when Winters was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Winters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carter throws a leg kick which misses Winters's front leg but catches the back leg as Winters tries to avoid it.
Carter slips a jab from Winters.
Winters paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Winters misses with a few strikes there.
Winters misses with a straight right.
Carter moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Carter misses with a looping right.
Winters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Carter tests Winters's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Winters tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winters throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Winters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carter moves away.
Carter tries to clinch but Winters moves out of range.
Carter explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Carter misses with an uppercut.
Winters tests Carter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Winters avoids the body shot from Carter.
Carter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Carter throws a nice outside leg kick.

Carter rushes Winters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Winters.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Winters.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Carter misses with a body punch.
Carter leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters misses with some punches.
Winters wants to get back to striking at distance but Carter won't allow it.
Winters is trying to break free.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Winters.
Still in the clinch, Carter scores with a nice short uppercut.
Winters takes a shot to the head.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Carter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carter tries to work over Winters's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter.
Winters throws a punch but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winters takes a shot to the head.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Winters tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Winters backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Carter.
Winters blocks a body shot from Carter.
I was talking to Winters's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter tries to land knees in the clinch but Winters avoids the damage to the body.
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Winters backwards.
Winters blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Winters misses with some punches.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Winters.
Carter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Winters's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Carter scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Winters ducks right into an uppercut from Carter.
A shot to the body from Winters misses
and Carter counters with a leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Carter in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Winters throws a hook but Carter avoids it easily.
Carter only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Winters falls off balance throwing a combination

and Carter counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carter.
Winters swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winters is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter can't find room to land a body shot as Winters controls the action.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winters swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winters softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Carter lands a left hand.
Winters blocking some punches.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winters goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Winters avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Winters.
Winters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Winters blocking some punches.
Carter prevents a body shot from Winters.
Carter blocking some punches.
Winters misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Winters's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Carter is pushing Winters up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter blocking some punches.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Winters scores with a shot to the side of Carter's head.
Winters misses with a punch on the inside.
Winters throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winters misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Carter as the two fighters clinch.
Carter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carter stalls.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carter lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winters misses with the head strike.
A hook to the body from Carter.
Carter scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Winterss head.

Winters is rocked!
Carter lands a left hand.
Oh Winters is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter scores with a shot to the side of Winters's head.
Carter has a couple of punches blocked by Winters.
Carter throws a punch but it's blocked by Winters.
A short right from Carter on the inside.
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Winters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter misses with some punches.
Carter misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
Carter blocks a body shot from Winters.
Carter working aggressively here.
Carter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter lands a shot to the body.
Carter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carter creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Winters's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Winters drops to his knees and Carter pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dylan Carter!