PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Triple G Golovkin (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
G Golovkin

160 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

Perkele!

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, 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 Amsterdam, Triple G Golovkin!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Radbod Blank and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carter gets the takedown into side control.
Carter happy to just control the position for now.
Carter misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Carter working the ground and pound but Golovkin is defending the strikes.
Golovkin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Carter has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Carter staying calm.
Carter in side control, throwing shots but Golovkin defends.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter working the ground and pound.
Carter lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Carter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Golovkin keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter in side control, throwing shots but Golovkin defends.
Carter working the ground and pound from side control.
Carter lands an elbow.
Carter controlling from side mount.
Golovkin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Golovkin takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Check out the look on Carter's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Carter in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Carter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Golovkin is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Golovkin is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Carter can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Carter!