PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Antonio Luna (ranked 406 p4p, 59 weight class) and David Carter (ranked 2353 p4p, 292 weight class). Luna comes to the ring accompanied by Noypi by Bamboo. Antonio Luna could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Carter's chin.

Luna
vs
Carter

185 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
180 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Antonio Luna!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Carter!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carter cracks a nice hook into Luna's ribs.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Carter.
Carter lands the left hand.

It looks like Antonio Luna has been cut.
Carter lands the left hand.
Carter lands a head shot.
Luna gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carter misses with an uppercut. Luna saw that one coming.
Luna avoids the body shot from Carter.
Carter looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter scores with a sloppy right hand. Luna should have avoided that one.
Nice body punch from Carter.

Luna moves into the clinch.
Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luna lands a left hand.
Carter working hard to break the clinch.
Carter is trying to push Luna away but Luna has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Luna has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Luna shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Luna misses.
Luna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.
Luna takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Luna throws a good cross that connects.

It looks like David Carter has been cut.
Luna gets cracked there but stands up to it.
David Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luna looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Luna has Carter up against the ropes in a clinch.
Luna misses with the head strike.
Carter tries to break free but Luna pushes him back against the ropes.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luna has him pressed against the ropes.
Luna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luna tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luna swings wildly with an uppercut but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luna misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carter working hard to break the clinch.
Carter is looking to break free of the clinch but Luna has double underhooks.
Carter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Carter wants to break free but Luna has control.
Luna tries to throw a body punch but Carter avoids it by throwing Luna back against the ropes.
Carter blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Luna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luna looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Carter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Luna waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carter.
Luna fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter moves away from the strike by Luna.
A combination from Carter does no damage.
Luna was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Carter lands a jab.
Carter throws a right hand that misses

and Luna counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Carter to the mat, face first! Luna goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Carter is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luna misses with a hook to the body
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab, jab by Carter - just one landing.
Luna moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luna.
Jab, jab by Carter - just one landing.
Carter throws a poor cross that misses

and Luna counters with a beautiful hook that drops Carter to the mat! Will Carter be able to recover his senses? The referee starts the count at 3 having sent Luna to a neutral corner. 4,5,6 and Carter is up. He looks OK to continue.

Carter is rocked!
Luna connects with a quick right hand that sends Carter tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Antonio Luna!
Antonio Luna retains his middleweight title!
Antonio Luna seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.