PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Red Jesus Karter (ranked 3932 p4p, 4919 weight class) and Alexei Rodionovich (ranked 499 p4p, 562 weight class). Rodionovich has chosen Svarga & Drygva - Volnitsa as his entrance music. 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.

Karter
vs
Rodionovich

180 cm
24
190
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
183
7 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Red Jesus Karter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alexei Rodionovich!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karter bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rodionovich's head backwards.
Red Jesus Karter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A right-left combo lands from Karter.
A combination from Karter does no damage.
Karter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Rodionovich pushes Karter up against the cage in a clinch.

Karter breaks from the clinch.

Rodionovich rushes Karter and presses him up against the cage.

Karter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodionovich moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodionovich wants to counter the offense by Karter and move into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodionovich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karter swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodionovich.
Rodionovich tries to clinch up but Karter circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodionovich's coach down at Hotrod Express MMA Training was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Rodionovich's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Karter circles away from the clinch attempt.

Karter gets tackled into the cage by Rodionovich. Rodionovich maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodionovich missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Karter to work.
Rodionovich unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Rodionovich.
Rodionovich looking to throw knees to the head but Karter is blocking nicely.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Karter avoids it.
Rodionovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodionovich tries a knee to the head but Karter blocks it.
Rodionovich connects with a knee to the head.
Karter dodges an elbow strike from Rodionovich.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodionovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karter's brow.
Rodionovich misses with a knee strike.

Karter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Karter throws a nice looking combination but Rodionovich bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodionovich ducks right into an uppercut from Karter.
Karter throws a looping overhand right but Rodionovich ducks down to avoid it.

Karter has Rodionovich up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Rodionovich.
Rodionovich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Karter blocks it with crossed arms.
Karter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Karter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danga de danga de dang - Karter scores with a four punch combination!
Karter lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Karter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rodionovich under the eye.

Rodionovich is rocked!
Rodionovich tries to clinch but Karter is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter keeps the fight on the outside.
Karter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rodionovich is looking to clinch but Karter is avoiding it.
Danga de danga de dang - Karter scores with a four punch combination!
Rodionovich is still on wobbly legs! Can Karter finish him?
Rodionovich tries to clinch but Karter moves out of range.
Rodionovich seems to have recovered his senses.
Karter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Rodionovich instigates a clinch.
Rodionovich missing with knees to the body.
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Rodionovich.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Karter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Rodionovich gets tackled into the cage by Karter. Karter maintains the clinch.
Karter stalling.
Rodionovich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Karter displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rodionovich up against the cage.
Rodionovich throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Rodionovich.
Rodionovich trying to land knees to the body.
Rodionovich is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Karter is defending well for now.

Karter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodionovich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Karter throws a big counter combination but Rodionovich scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Karter lands with a good body shot.
Karter throws a right and a left that Rodionovich avoids nicely.

Karter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodionovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Karter avoids the damage to the body.
Rodionovich being controlled against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Red Jesus Karter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Rodionovich wants to clinch up but Karter keeps it at a distance.
Karter is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Karter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rodionovich circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodionovich slips a jab from Karter.
Karter swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Karter has closed the distance and engaged Rodionovich in a clinch.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but Karter blocks with his arms.
Rodionovich working Karter over with knees to the body.
Rodionovich looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Karter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodionovich tries to clinch but Karter is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karter connects with a body shot that sends Rodionovich's belly button to the back.
Karter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rodionovich tries to counter with a clinch but Karter shakes him off and moves away.
Karter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodionovich can do to turn this around?
Rodionovich with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Karter to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Karter drives through and clinches with Rodionovich against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Karter takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rodionovich throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodionovich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodionovich throws a knee to the head but misses.

Karter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karter swinging wildly here.
Karter circles away from the clinch attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Karter.
Karter lands with a nice combination. Rodionovich backs away looking to recover.
Danga de danga de dang - Karter scores with a four punch combination!
Rodionovich is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodionovich takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Karter pushes Rodionovich up against the cage in a clinch.
Karter avoiding damage as Rodionovich throws knees to the body.
Karter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karter managing to block the knees to the body from Rodionovich.

Karter manages to break the clinch.
Rodionovich on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karter throws a body punch but Rodionovich moves out of range.
Rodionovich tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rodionovich tries to clinch up but Karter circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodionovich fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karter throws a right hand that Rodionovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodionovich also avoids with ease.
Rodionovich tries to counter with a clinch but Karter shakes him off and moves away.
Rodionovich tries to clinch up.
Karter misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a series of punches but Rodionovich moves out of range.
Rodionovich wants to counter with a clinch but Karter pushes him away.
Karter throws a right hand that Rodionovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodionovich also avoids with ease.
Karter throws a right and a left that Rodionovich avoids nicely.
Rodionovich slips a jab and a cross from Karter.
Rodionovich is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Karter misses with a wild combination.
Rodionovich wants to counter with a clinch but Karter pushes him away.
Rodionovich uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Karter.

Karter closes the distance and clinches.
Rodionovich throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodionovich crunches a lovely knee into Karter's ribcage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodionovich just misses with a elbow thrown towards Karter's brow.
Karter avoiding damage as Rodionovich throws knees to the body.
Rodionovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodionovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Karter avoids the damage to the body.
Rodionovich tries to land knees in the clinch but Karter avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodionovich throws an elbow but misses.
Karter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Karter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Karter coming out on top.
Red Jesus Karter is winning the standup battle so far.
Karter lands a nice looking body shot.
Rodionovich dodges the punch combination from Karter.
Karter misses with a body shot.

Karter gets tackled into the cage by Rodionovich. Rodionovich maintains the clinch.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Red Jesus Karter dominated that second round.
That's time! Karter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice straight punches there by Karter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karter.
Karter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Karter clinches up against the cage.
Rodionovich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Karter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Karter breaks from the clinch.
Rodionovich ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Karter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rodionovich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodionovich tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Karter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Karter forces Rodionovich back against the cage and clinches.
Karter avoiding damage as Rodionovich throws knees to the body.

Karter breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karter looks to land a combination but Rodionovich avoids it well.
Karter looks to land a right hand but Rodionovich moved out of range.
Karter fails to land with a series of punches.
Karter misses with a wild combination.
Rodionovich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karter.
Rodionovich tries to counter with a clinch but Karter shakes him off and moves away.
Karter keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodionovich blocks a jab.
Karter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rodionovich backs up against the cage.

Karter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Karter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karter looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodionovich is just out of range.
Karter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodionovich wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Karter misses the target.
Karter misses with a jab, cross combination.

Karter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodionovich, pushing him back against the cage.
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!
Rodionovich trying to land knees to the body.
Rodionovich tries to land a knee to the head but Karter blocks with his arms.
Rodionovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karter.
Karter dodges an elbow strike from Rodionovich.

Karter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rodionovich.
Karter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Karter has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Karter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodionovich doesn't manage to clinch there - Karter circles away.
Karter looks to land a combination but Rodionovich avoids it well.

Rodionovich has managed to clinch.
Karter blocks an elbow strike from Rodionovich.
Rodionovich trying to land knees to the body.

Karter manages to break the clinch.
Red Jesus Karter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodionovich takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Karter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rodionovich.
Karter throws a series of strikes that have Rodionovich backpedaling.
Rodionovich tries to close the distance and clinch but Karter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karter misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter tests Rodionovich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karter throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodionovich takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Karter!

Rodionovich fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Karter, pushing him back against the cage.
Rodionovich misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Karter.
Rodionovich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Karter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Karter takes an elbow to the forehead.

Karter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Karter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Karter sets himself, and Rodionovich steps forward looking for the clinch! Karter avoids it this time.
Karter looks to land a combination. Rodionovich sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Alexei Rodionovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Red Jesus Karter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Rodionovich closes the distance and clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Red Jesus Karter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Karter, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Red Jesus Karter!
Red Jesus Karter seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Alexei Rodionovich spoke after the fight, saying 'Every white has its black and every sweet its sour'.