PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Presley Chai (ranked 892 p4p, 1170 weight class) and John Karter (ranked 121 p4p, 159 weight class). John Karter acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Chai
vs
Karter

187 cm
23
185
7 - 4 - 0

185 cm
23
190
5 - 5 - 0

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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Presley Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, John Karter!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Chai has Karter up against the cage in a clinch.
Chai doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Chai.
Chai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chai scores with a nice hook to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Chai has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A frustrated look appears on Karter's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Karter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Karter's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chai throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karters head.
Chai has a couple of punches blocked by Karter.
Chai misses with some punches.
Karter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Chai.
Good body shot from Karter.
Chai misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Karter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice straight punches there by Karter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Karter.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Chai misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai looks to land a left hand but Karter moved out of range nicely.
Chai lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karter circles away quickly and effectively.
Karter flicks out a counter leg kick but Chai steps away.
Karter misses with an uppercut. Chai saw that one coming.
Karter misses with a right hand

and Chai counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Karter working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Chai.
Karter tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karter tries to work over Chai's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Karter gets through Chai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Karter blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Karter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Karter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Karter is trying to break free.
Chai looking to slow down the pace here.
Karter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Chai pushes Karter back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Karter obliges.
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!

Chai has clasped his hands together around Karter's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Karter is looking to regain half guard here but Chai keeps moving and retains side control.
Chai working the head and body with strikes.
Chai lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Karter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Karter tries to improve position but can't.
Chai throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Karter is looking for a sweep.
Chai creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Karter sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter tries to bench press Chai off him but Chai keeps the position.
Chai fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Chai fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Karter can't do much from the bottom here.
Karter is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Chai working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Karter takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Karter managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Chai.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai trying to control the position but Karter is working away.
Chai 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.
Chai is working Karter over with some ground and pound from side control.
Karter is trying to control Chai's posture but Chai avoids it.
Karter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chai. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chai in side control, throwing shots but Karter defends.
Chai throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Chai working the ground and pound but Karter is defending the strikes.
Karter dodges the ground and pound from Chai.
Karter dodges the ground and pound from Chai.
Chai tries to score with some ground and pound. Karter controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Chai working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Presley Chai dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Chai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karter.
Chai fails to land the takedown.

Chai scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Karter tries to roll over but Chai keeps him under control.
Karter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chai not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Chai lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Chai there.
Chai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chai not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ground and pound from Chai.
Chai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chai thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Karter's head.
Karter is staying active underneath Chai, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Karter wants to control but Chai is keeping busy.
Karter is trying to get back to full guard.
Chai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Chai thows a huge punch but Karter dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter keeping hold of Chai's head, controlling as best he can.
Chai working Karter over with strikes.
Karter is trying to control but can't.
John Karter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chai throwing shots but Karter is blocking nicely.
Chai takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chai missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Chai throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Karter taking some punishment here, with Chai in his half guard.
Karter has hold of Chai's hands but Chai slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Chai in particular looking to stall.
Chai lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Chai thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Chai working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chai throwing shots but Karter is blocking nicely.
Chai throwing shots but Karter is blocking nicely.
Chai uses his free foot to push down on Karter's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Karter.
Chai is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Karter can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Presley Chai overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chai lands with some strikes.

Karter is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Chai! Karter is hurt baaadly! Chai is firing away with more strikes - Karter is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Presley Chai!
Presley Chai decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.