PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Bill Beukeboom (ranked 1983 p4p, 240 weight class) and David Carter (ranked 2549 p4p, 289 weight class). Bill Beukeboom has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Beukeboom
vs
Carter

185 cm
23
194 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

183 cm
20
180 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bill Beukeboom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Carter!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Carter.
Beukeboom misses with a right hand
and Carter counters with a left and a right that stings Beukeboom.
Carter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Carter moves into range and clinches up with Beukeboom.
Beukeboom misses with a punch on the inside.
Carter lands with a short shot to the head.
Carter blocks a body shot from Beukeboom.
Carter is trying to stall.
Beukeboom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carter tries a knee to the head but Beukeboom blocks it.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beukeboom has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Carter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carter closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Carter instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Beukeboom misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Beukeboom throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt
and Carter counters with a nice body shot.
Beukeboom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Beukeboom looks to score with a jab to the body but Carter is just out of range.
Beukeboom lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Beukeboom misses with a wild body shot.
Carter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beukeboom checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beukeboom throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beukeboom throws a hook to the side of Carter's head but Carter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Carter moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beukeboom lands a left hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Beukeboom as Carter tries to tie him up.
Beukeboom tries a body shot but Carter blocks it.
Beukeboom lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beukeboom looks to land a left hand but Carter moved out of range nicely.
Beukeboom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Beukeboom gets tackled into the ropes by Carter. Carter maintains the clinch.
Beukeboom swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carter tries to work over Beukeboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beukeboom tries to work over Carter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Beukeboom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carter backwards.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beukeboom throws out a loose jab but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter wants to counter with a clinch but Beukeboom pushes him away.
Beukeboom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carter manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but David Carter will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Carter tries to score with a low kick but Beukeboom moves his leg out of the way.
Carter wants to clinch.
Carter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like David Carter has been cut.
Carter throws a leg kick but Beukeboom sees it coming and checks it nicely.

Carter darts in and clinches Beukeboom up against the ropes.

Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beukeboom throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beukeboom missing with a left hand there. Carter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Carter is looking to clinch but Beukeboom is avoiding it.

Carter gets tackled into the ropes by Beukeboom. Beukeboom maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beukeboom has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Carter missing with knees to the body.
Beukeboom misses with some punches.
Carter trying to stall but Beukeboom improves his position.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Beukeboom throws an off balance right hand
and Carter counters with a left and a right that stings Beukeboom.

Carter rushes Beukeboom and presses him up against the ropes.
Beukeboom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Beukeboom has a couple of punches blocked by Carter.
Bill Beukeboom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Beukeboom working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter.

Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Carter moves into the clinch successfully.
Carter lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Beukeboom checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good exchange - Beukeboom coming out on top.
Beukeboom throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carter lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Beukeboom listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Carter clinches with his opponent.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
David Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good shot there by Beukeboom.
Carter doesn't manage to clinch there - Beukeboom circles away.
Beukeboom just misses with a punch to the body.

Beukeboom clinches up against the ropes.
Beukeboom working aggressively here.
Carter is looking to control Beukeboom's arms but Beukeboom gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carter has his back to the ropes.
Beukeboom misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but David Carter will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on David Carter's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Beukeboom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beukeboom misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
Carter throws a leg kick but Beukeboom checks it.
Beukeboom jabs Carter right on the nose. Carter blinks but takes it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Beukeboom. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beukeboom swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Beukeboom throws an off balance right hand
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beukeboom tries to clinch up.
Carter wants to counter with a clinch but Beukeboom pushes him away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beukeboom swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beukeboom misses with a jab, cross combination.
Beukeboom throws a big shot that misses.

Beukeboom clinches up against the ropes.
Carter blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Beukeboom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Beukeboom does no damage.
Beukeboom dodges the punch combination from Carter.
Beukeboom throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Beukeboom fails with an attempt to clinch.
David Carter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Carter clinches.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter is stalling here.
Beukeboom struggles to land a body shot inside as Carter controls his hands.
Beukeboom doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beukeboom misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Beukeboom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beukeboom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beukeboom struggles to land a body shot inside as Carter controls his hands.
Beukeboom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Beukeboom - that landed with a thud.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Bill Beukeboom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beukeboom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Beukeboom misses.
Carter lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Beukeboom lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Beukeboom misses with a straight left.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beukeboom.
Beukeboom misses with a looping right.
Beukeboom throws a left and a right that both miss

and Carter holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Beukeboom showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Carter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Bill Beukeboom!