PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Carter (ranked 2648 p4p, 295 weight class) and Jamakin Me (ranked 4931 p4p, 457 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carter
vs
Me

183 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
177 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jamakin Me!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Me lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carter circles away quickly and effectively.
Me has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Carter throws a series of punches but Me avoids them all with ease.
Me keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Me slips under a jab.
Carter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Me has time to react.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Me moves away.
Carter slips a straight right by Me.
Me takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carter dodges the punch combination from Me.
Me misses with a hook.
Carter misses with a looping right.
We've been told by Carter's head coaches at ELITE Island Gym - 19 Elite Coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Me tries to move into range but Carter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jamakin Me seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter throws a hook but Me avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Me misses its intended target.
Carter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Me on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Carter misses.
Me ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Me throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Me throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Me connects with a right hand. Carter shakes it off.

It looks like David Carter has been cut.
Carter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Me.
Me swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carter loads up on a big right hand but Me slips the punch.
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Me moves away and avoids it.
Carter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Carter cracks a nice hook into Me's ribs.
Nice uppercut there from Carter.
Me ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
And Me tries to counter it with a takedown but Carter pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Me rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carter moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carter is looking to counter punch.
Carter ducks right into an uppercut from Me.
Me walks into a stiff left hand from Carter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Me with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Me stalks Carter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carter's face. Carter staggers backwards, shaken.
Me uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Me getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Me throws a series of punches but Carter avoids them all with ease.
Me needs to keep his hands up - Carter had a free shot at his head there.
Me ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Me throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Me on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Me avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Me moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Me sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Me throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sloppy strikes from Me. Those never looked like landing.
Carter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Carter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Carter scores with a nice strike.
Me throws a lazy right hand but Carter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Carter jabs at Me's body.
Carter takes a swing at Me's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me jabs at Carter's body.
Carter scores with a nice right hand.
Me tests Carter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Me throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Me takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Me takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab lands there for Carter.
Nice cross by Carter.
Me has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
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!
Carter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Me throws a counter combo.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
Carter throws an overhand right that lands on Me's shoulder, as Me tries to avoid the shot.
Me swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Me throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Me moves away from the strike by Carter.
Me uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a hook. Me ducked under it nicely.
Me misses with a shot to the body
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter swings for the body but Me moves out of range.
Carter moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Me uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Me scores with a sloppy right hand. Carter should have avoided that one.
Carter throws a hook to the side of Me's head but Me sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Me misses with a few strikes there.
Carter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Me.
Nice defenses there by Carter.
Carter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Me has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carter finds it's way round the side to connect with Me's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter throws a good cross that connects.
Me throws a right hand that Carter ducks under and follows up with a left that Carter also avoids with ease.
Me throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Me keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Carter's cut.
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.

Me uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Me throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter throws a hook but Me blocks it.
Me catches Carter with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Carter misses with a looping right.
Me scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Me.
Carter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Me can do to turn this around?
Me moves away from the strike by Carter.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Me has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Me throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carter seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Me moves out of range of the strikes.
Me misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Me misses the body punch
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Me misses.
Carter went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Carter has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Carter misses with a hook. Me ducked under it nicely.
Me walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Carter lands a nice hook to Me's body. Me takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter sizes up Me with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Me will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A little feinted left hand from Carter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Carter loads up on a big right hand but Me slips the punch.
Me throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Carter does no damage.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Me moves away from the strike by Carter.
Me throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
David Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
Me staying out of range there.
Me throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter is looking for a counter combo.
Me swings for the body but Carter moves out of range.
Me fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Me.
Me misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Me.
Me misses with a left hand
letting Carter counter with a right hand.
Jamakin Me is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Me throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carter.
Me misses with a looping left.
Me misses with a combination
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Me is breathing heavily.
Carter dodges the punch combination from Me.
Carter scores with a nice right hand.
Carter throws a right and a left that both miss.
Me slips under a jab.
Carter checks a leg kick nicely.
Carter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Me staying out of range there.
Carter jabs at Me's body.
Carter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carter throws a combination. Me tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Me steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Me moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Me missing with a left hand there. Carter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Me walks into a stiff left hand from Carter.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
Me fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
Carter lands with a right hand.
Carter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Me.
Me steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Me throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Carter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Me swinging wildly here.
A jab from Carter finds it's way through Me's defenses.
Me throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter throws a hook to the side of Me's head but Me sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carter takes one to the chin there.
Carter scores with a decent looking hook.
Me gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Me wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Me scores with a nice head shot.
Me misses with a wild body shot.
Carter misses with a hook to the body
and Me counters with a one-two to the body.
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
Carter throws the left hand but Me avoids the punch easily.
Despite the aggression on Me's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Me showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Carter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carter throws a series of punches but Me avoids them all with ease.
Me misses with a two punch combination.
Carter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Me misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
Me throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Me.
Carter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Me has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Me there as he acknowledges the shot.
Me staying out of range there.
Me throws a right and a left that Carter avoids nicely.
Carter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Carter as he connects with a hook.
Me walks into a jab.
Carter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carter throws a right and a left that Me avoids nicely.
Me lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Me rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Carter counters with a nice body shot.
A big left from Carter misses.
Me scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab, jab by Carter - just one landing.
Carter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Me.
Me misses with an attempted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. Me does a little dance to reset his feet.
Me tries to land a body kick
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter scores with a decent looking hook.
Me misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Me backs up against the cage.

Me is rocked!
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!
Me swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carter counters with a right hand to the body.
Me is still on wobbly legs! Can Carter finish him?
Me takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Me get stunned by a cross and takes another one on the button. Me stumbles backwards and tries to bounce back off the cage but Carter runs in and jumps on him with a leaping lead hook that puts him out! Wow, that was highlight reel stuff! Awesome finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). David Carter!
Jamakin Me spoke after the fight, saying 'Oops.'.