PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Malik El Shabazz (ranked 1003 p4p, 132 weight class) and Jason Carter (ranked 1249 p4p, 159 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

El Shabazz
vs
Carter

185 cm
20
190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Sportivité
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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Malik El Shabazz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jason Carter!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Shabazz lands a jab to the nose.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carter staying out of range there.
El Shabazz misses with a lunging right hand
and Carter makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. El Shabazz really felt that one!
Malik El Shabazz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Shabazz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
El Shabazz lands a leg kick that knocks Carter off balance momentarily.
El Shabazz misses with a right hand
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Malik El Shabazz has been cut.
A jab from Carter misses.
El Shabazz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carter's calf.
A big left from El Shabazz misses.
Carter connects with an inside leg kick.
El Shabazz misses with a looping left.
El Shabazz throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Carter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Carter counters with a straight right hand.
Carter looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A leg kick checked by El Shabazz.
Carter slips under a jab.
El Shabazz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Carter on the side of the head.
El Shabazz ducks right into an uppercut from Carter.
El Shabazz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Carter checks the leg kick.
Carter feints a counter leg kick.
A cross from Carter lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by El Shabazz!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Shabazz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Carter checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from El Shabazz misses
and Carter counters with an inside leg kick.
El Shabazz throws a leg kick that misses.
Carter appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
El Shabazz swings widly with a right hand
and Carter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Shabazz misses with a low kick.
Carter jabs El Shabazz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from El Shabazz. Carter shrugs it off though.
Carter bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carter throws a series of punches but El Shabazz moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Carter.
Carter avoids the head kick by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz motions for Carter to come forward. El Shabazz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a leg kick
and El Shabazz counters with an inside leg kick.
El Shabazz misses with a looping left.
El Shabazz misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Carter lands with a good body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as El Shabazz blocks the leg kick.
A big right from Carter misses.
Carter lands with a thumping leg kick.
El Shabazz moves out of range as Carter throws a body kick.
Carter just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from El Shabazz misses its target.
El Shabazz avoids the body shot from Carter.
El Shabazz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Carter checks a low kick from El Shabazz.
Carter is looking for the big counter here.
Carter looks to score with a jab to the body but El Shabazz is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz lands a nice looking body kick.
El Shabazz lands with a thumping leg kick.
El Shabazz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Carter is out of range and El Shabazz settles back down.
A nice side step and Carter releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
El Shabazz sizes up Carter with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! El Shabazz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carter - the referee stops the clock and El Shabazz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carter. El Shabazz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter throws a leg kick
and El Shabazz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Shabazz is looking to chop away at Carter's legs.
El Shabazz throws a jab but it's blocked by Carter.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Shabazz moves away.
El Shabazz tries to work over Carter's front leg with a kick but Carter checks it.
Carter tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jason Carter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Malik El Shabazz'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.

Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carter misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from El Shabazz misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. El Shabazz does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz tried to counter with a leg kick but Carter avoided it.
El Shabazz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Carter's sensitive parts.
El Shabazz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Carter in his tracks.
Good work by Carter as he checks the leg kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Carter misses.
El Shabazz slips under a jab.
Carter throws a poor cross that misses
and El Shabazz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter throws out a leg kick but El Shabazz moves out of range and Carter only half commits.
El Shabazz is looking to counter with a body kick.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
El Shabazz throws a head kick that Carter semi-blocks.
Carter takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter tries to land a front kick but El Shabazz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Carter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
El Shabazz tries a head kick but it misses.
El Shabazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carter digs a good body shot into El Shabazz's ribs.
Carter misses with a body shot.
El Shabazz stuns Carter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Carter misses.
El Shabazz moves away from the strike by Carter.
Carter lands with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
El Shabazz throws a sloppy head kick and Carter moves out of range easily.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from El Shabazz misses the target.
El Shabazz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Shabazz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.
El Shabazz lands a nice shot to the body.
Carter checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Carter steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
El Shabazz misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
Jason Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter walks into a straight right hand from El Shabazz.
Carter tries a low kick but El Shabazz avoids it.
El Shabazz feinted there with a counter leg kick.
El Shabazz keeps Carter at a distance using the push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Carter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Carter misses.
A big left from Carter misses.
El Shabazz misses with a looping right.
A jab from El Shabazz misses.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
El Shabazz misses with a left hand
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El Shabazz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carter staying out of range there.
Carter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carter swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Carter fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but El Shabazz is out of range.
Carter lands an overhand right.
El Shabazz throws out a loose jab but Carter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carter cracks the inside of El Shabazz's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carter misses with a kick to the body.
Carter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
El Shabazz misses the jab.
El Shabazz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
El Shabazz throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Carter counters with a body kick.
Carter throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like El Shabazz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jason Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Malik El Shabazz'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.

El Shabazz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
El Shabazz is looking to land body kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carter! But no joy.
El Shabazz misses with a hook.
Carter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Donk. El Shabazz catches Carter right on the button with a cross.
El Shabazz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carter connects with an inside leg kick.
Carter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shabazz moves out of range of the body kick.
El Shabazz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Carter misses with a body punch
and Carter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
El Shabazz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carter takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
El Shabazz ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Carter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling El Shabazz to score with a decent uppercut.
The crowd cheers as El Shabazz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carter doesn't seem phased though.
El Shabazz misses with a hook. Carter ducked under it nicely.
El Shabazz tried to score with a low kick but Carter checks it.
Carter is clearly trying to counter these attacks from El Shabazz with a body shot.
El Shabazz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
A telegraphed right hand from Carter misses the target.
El Shabazz tests Carter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Carter connects with a right hand. El Shabazz shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Carter is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
El Shabazz misses with a kick to the body.
Carter misses with a hook.
Carter throws a chopping leg kick but El Shabazz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
El Shabazz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
El Shabazz with a jab.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but El Shabazz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Shabazz throws a nice inside leg kick.
El Shabazz scores with a leg kick.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Shabazz moves away.
El Shabazz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carter misses with a jab to the body
and El Shabazz counters with a stiff right hand.
Carter looks to score with a jab to the body but El Shabazz is just out of range.
Carter throws a leg kick but El Shabazz moved away.
El Shabazz throwing a counter right hand but Carter manages to avoid it.
Carter cracks a nice hook into El Shabazz's ribs.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Carter just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromEl Shabazz.
El Shabazz misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from El Shabazz is predictable there
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
El Shabazz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Carter attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
El Shabazz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carter lands a body shot.
Carter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carter fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Shabazz throws a shot from downtown. Carter moves away and avoids it.
Carter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And El Shabazz counters with a quick kick to the body but Carter blocks it.
El Shabazz feints and then cracks Carter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carter down.
Carter throws a body punch but El Shabazz moves out of range.
As Carter backs away, El Shabazz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A slow jab from El Shabazz misses its intended target.
Carter appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Carter missing with a left hand there. El Shabazz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Shabazz needs to keep his hands up - Carter had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Jason Carter just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Malik El Shabazz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for Carter.
El Shabazz slips a jab from Carter.
El Shabazz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Carter blocks a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Carter! But no joy.
Carter misses with a straight left.
El Shabazz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carter throws an off balance right hand
and El Shabazz counters with a good low kick that Carter was not able to check.
Carter misses with a hook. El Shabazz ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from El Shabazz. Carter shrugs it off though.
El Shabazz just misses with a punch to the body.
El Shabazz slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carter. That did some damage!
Carter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Shabazz.
Carter misses with a body shot.
El Shabazz tries a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Carter misses with a right hand
and El Shabazz counters with a leg kick.
El Shabazz misses with a head kick.
Carter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
El Shabazz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Good leg kick by El Shabazz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Shabazz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz is looking to slow Carter down with leg kicks.
Carter comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Carter takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
El Shabazz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
El Shabazz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Carter walks into a straight right hand from El Shabazz.
Carter throws a hook but El Shabazz blocks it.
Carter checks a leg kick.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a looping overhand right but Carter ducks down to avoid it.
El Shabazz throws a poor cross that misses
and Carter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El Shabazz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Carter avoids the head kick by El Shabazz.
Carter let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
El Shabazz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Carter flicks out a counter leg kick but El Shabazz steps away.
El Shabazz throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Carter doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
El Shabazz throws a lazy right hand but Carter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Shabazz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Shabazz just misses with a punch to the body.
Carter thuds his right hand into El Shabazz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz misses with a body kick.
Carter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Shabazz misses with a straight left.
Carter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carter counters with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Carter. Those never looked like landing.
El Shabazz misses with a hook.
El Shabazz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Carter can pounce on him.
El Shabazz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
El Shabazz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
El Shabazz misses with a low kick as Carter jumps back.
Carter misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Malik El Shabazz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Malik El Shabazz's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from El Shabazz misses the target.
El Shabazz throws a leg kick that misses.
El Shabazz throws a lazy right hand but Carter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Shabazz throws a low kick but Carter avoids it.
Carter throws a hook but El Shabazz blocks it.
El Shabazz misses the jab.
El Shabazz with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carter moves away from the strike by El Shabazz.
Carter thumps El Shabazz with a low kick.
El Shabazz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A jab from El Shabazz misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throws a body shot but no joy.
El Shabazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
El Shabazz misses with a few strikes there.
Carter swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab from El Shabazz does it's job there.
El Shabazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
El Shabazz tries a head kick but it misses.
El Shabazz throws a low kick but Carter moves out of range easily.
Carter has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
El Shabazz throws a big shot that misses.
El Shabazz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carter. Carter obviously looking to wear him down.
Malik El Shabazz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. El Shabazz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Carter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz tries a head kick but it misses.
El Shabazz lands with a nice combination. Carter backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Shabazz checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a jab to the head.
A combination from Carter does no damage.
Carter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
El Shabazz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A telegraphed right hand from El Shabazz misses the target.
El Shabazz misses with a hook.
Carter misses with a low kick.
Carter dips to his left and cracks El Shabazz with an uppercut!
Carter misses with a hook
and El Shabazz counters with an outside leg kick.
El Shabazz swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Carter checks a leg kick.
Carter appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
El Shabazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
El Shabazz scores with a leg kick.
El Shabazz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice leg kick lands there from El Shabazz.
Carter scores with a shot to the body.
Carter jabs El Shabazz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
El Shabazz misses with a straight left.
Carter counters with a body kick.
Carter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from El Shabazz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carter. El Shabazz does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz takes one to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Malik El Shabazz.
Well Carter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 47:48
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 47:48
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jason Carter!
Jason Carter is the new middleweight champion!
Jason Carter tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.