PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Meyer (ranked 2240 p4p, 4804 weight class) and Mike Carpenter (ranked 110 p4p, 219 weight class). Mike Carpenter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Meyer
vs
Carpenter

199 cm
43
270
21 - 44 - 0

182 cm
37
276
17 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 44 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Carpenter!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpenter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meyer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Meyer drops down looking for a counter takedown but Carpenter sprawls and moves away.
Carpenter tries to clinch up.
Meyer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carpenter shoots in looking for a takedown. Meyer tries to sprawl out of it but Carpenter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Meyer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Meyer closes the distance and pushes Carpenter back into the cage.
Carpenter has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Meyer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Carpenter changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Meyer fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Oscar Meyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Carpenter.
Carpenter fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Meyer closes the distance and pushes Carpenter back into the cage.

Meyer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carpenter fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Meyer throws a big counter combination but Carpenter scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carpenter drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Meyer's face as Carpenter controls the position.
Carpenter looks up at the clock and then as Meyer takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Carpenter smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Meyer is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Carpenter off and has taken his back!

Meyer looking for the choke but no joy.
Meyer misses with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter covering up well under a series of strikes from Meyer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carpenter is trying to get back to his feet but Meyer has full control of the position and if anything, Carpenter has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Meyer wants to control but Carpenter is keeping busy.
Carpenter avoids the strikes from Meyer.
Meyer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Carpenter manages to escape to his feet.
Carpenter wants to clinch up but Meyer keeps it at a distance.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Meyer but Meyer pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Meyer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer shoots in looking for a takedown. Carpenter tries to sprawl out of it but Meyer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carpenter manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Meyer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carpenter but Carpenter pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Carpenter fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Meyer sprawls well initially but Carpenter persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Carpenter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Carpenter lands strikes from half guard.
Carpenter looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Meyer with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carpenter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Meyer. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Meyer is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Carpenter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Carpenter's back!

Meyer is looking for a choke. Carpenter gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Carpenter manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carpenter looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Carpenter can't handle though.
Meyer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carpenter.
Meyer looking for a sweep. Not yet Meyer, not yet.
Carpenter makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Meyer looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carpenter controls from within his opponent's guard.
Carpenter's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Oscar Meyer will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Carpenter shoots in and gets a takedown into Meyer's guard.

Meyer pushes Carpenter off and scrambles back to his feet.
Horrible takedown attempt by Carpenter or perhaps it was just good defense by Meyer, which made it look bad.
Meyer half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Carpenter wants to clinch.
It looked like Meyer was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Carpenter tries to clinch but Meyer is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer blocks a head kick by Carpenter.
Mike Carpenter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carpenter dives in and grabs Meyer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Meyer pushes down on Carpenter's head and hops out.
Carpenter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carpenter dives in for a single leg takedown but Meyer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Oscar Meyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Carpenter.

Meyer has managed to clinch.
Carpenter working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter letting Meyer take a breather here.
Carpenter stops a takedown attempt from Meyer.

Meyer manages to pull guard.
Meyer is trying to control the position but Carpenter postures up.
Carpenter looking to pass the guard.
Meyer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carpenter is one step ahead there.
Meyer is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Carpenter sitting in guard here, content to control.
Meyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Carpenter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Meyer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carpenter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Meyer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carpenter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Meyer's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Meyer is looking to escape.
Carpenter content to control rather than advance.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Meyer moves into the clinch.

Meyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Meyer lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Meyer.
Carpenter throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carpenter is fending him off so far but Meyer persists. Nope, Carpenter circles away and we're back to standing.
Carpenter has a takedown stuffed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carpenter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meyer attempts a counter takedown but Carpenter avoids it well and moves away.
Carpenter is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
Carpenter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Meyer circles away quickly and effectively.
Oscar Meyer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Meyer as he avoids it easily.
A big left from Carpenter misses.
Carpenter fails with the takedown

and Meyer counters by moving into the clinch.
Carpenter is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carpenter tries to circle away but Meyer has him pinned against the cage.

Meyer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carpenter swings widly with a right hand

and Meyer counters by clinching up.
Carpenter tries for a takedown. No joy.
Carpenter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Oscar Meyer dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Carpenter gets the takedown into side control.
Carpenter working away.
Meyer gets back to half guard.
Meyer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carpenter can do to turn this around?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Carpenter connects with a nice short shot to Meyer's temple.
Carpenter not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Carpenter working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter is continuing to stall.
Meyer gets full guard.
Carpenter looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Meyer throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Meyer working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Carpenter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Carpenter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Meyer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Carpenter cracks Meyer with a solid left hand.
Meyer can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Carpenter controls the pace.
Carpenter stopping the sweep attempt from Meyer.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A head kick from Meyer lands but Carpenter takes it in his stride.
Carpenter tries to clinch there but Meyer circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Meyer.
Carpenter throws a big shot that misses.
Meyer attempts a counter takedown but Carpenter avoids it well and moves away.
Carpenter misses with a hook
and Meyer counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Meyer counters by moving into the clinch.

Meyer jumps into guard, dragging Carpenter to the mat.
Carpenter scoring with some ground and pound.
Meyer looking to control.
Carpenter seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Meyer trying to control the position.
Meyer looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carpenter is one step ahead there.

Meyer has his foot on Carpenter's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Carpenter works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Carpenter shoots in but no luck this time.
Carpenter tries to clinch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Carpenter stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Carpenter wants it to stay on the feet.
Meyer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Meyer is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Carpenter wants to clinch up but Meyer keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Meyer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carpenter shoots and misses
and Meyer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Carpenter's knee momentarily.
Meyer lands an overhand right.
Mike Carpenter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oscar Meyer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carpenter darts in trying to clinch
and Meyer counters with a nice body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oscar Meyer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meyer, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oscar Meyer!