PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Cristóforo Carretero (ranked 3392 p4p, 3355 weight class) and Dante Black (ranked 377 p4p, 368 weight class). Carretero comes to the ring accompanied by Sun by DVRKHOLD. Black has chosen Mack the Knife as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Carretero
vs
Black

181 cm
33
186
17 - 9 - 1

190 cm
38
187
10 - 8 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cristóforo Carretero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Dante Black!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Darius Henderson and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carretero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carretero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carretero misses with the head strike.
Black lands with a left to the head.
Carretero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Black looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Black takes a shot to the head.
Carretero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Carretero.
Carretero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Black tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carretero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
Black lands a nice uppercut.
Carretero lands a body shot.
Carretero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Black throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Carretero scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carretero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
Black tries to work over Carretero's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Black lands a right hand.
Black struggles to land a body shot inside as Carretero controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carretero prevents a body shot from Black.
Carretero throws a head punch that misses.
Carretero lands with a right to the head.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carretero scores with a shot to the side of Black's head.
Black lands a hook that snaps the head of Carretero backwards.
Carretero blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carretero digs a right hand into Black's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Black's gas tank.
Black blocks a body shot from Carretero.
Black looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carretero.
Carretero lands with a light punch inside.
Black lands a body shot in the clinch.
Black misses with some punches.
Carretero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carretero lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carretero 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.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carretero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carretero tries a body shot but Black blocks it.
Carretero digs a right hand into Black's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Black's gas tank.
Carretero works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Black looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carretero lands with a short shot to the head.
Carretero scores with a shot to the side of Black's head.
Carretero lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Carretero fails to land.
Black displaying some good clinch control by pressing Carretero up against the ropes.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Black.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carretero.
Carretero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carretero struggles to land a body shot inside as Black controls his hands.
Carretero cracks Black with a nice body shot.
Black misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Carretero - that landed with a thud.
Carretero lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Carretero.
Carretero working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carretero.
Carretero blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cristóforo Carretero 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.

Carretero tries to move into range but Black moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Carretero ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Dante Black seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carretero lands a right hook to the body.
Black scores with a jab. Carretero acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice jab there from Carretero.
A big right from Black misses.
Black on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carretero. Carretero obviously looking to wear him down.
Carretero dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Black. That did some damage!
A leg kick checked by Carretero.
Carretero fires out a quick counter leg kick but Black just manages to avoid it.
Carretero connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Black tries to clinch up.
Black connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Carretero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Black can do to turn this around?
Black tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carretero was well out of range. Poor timing from Black.
Carretero connects with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Black takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Carretero clinches up against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
Carretero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carretero tries to work over Black's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carretero lands a right hand.
A short right from Carretero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Black.
Carretero doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carretero.
Carretero scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Carretero.
Black gets through Carretero's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Carretero.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
Cristóforo Carretero has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carretero is leaning against Black and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carretero.
A head punch on the inside from Black fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Black.
A head punch on the inside from Carretero fails to land.
Carretero misses with some punches.
Carretero lands a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carretero tries to throw a body punch but Black avoids it by throwing Carretero back against the ropes.

Black breaks from the clinch.
Black stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Carretero.
Black is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carretero ducks under a wild hook from Black.
Black throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Carretero misses its intended target.
Dante Black has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good shot there by Carretero.
Black slips a straight right by Carretero.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Black! But no joy.
Black lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carretero circles away quickly and effectively.
Cristóforo Carretero is winning the standup battle so far.
Carretero uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Black.
Black keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick lands from Black.
Carretero lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Carretero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carretero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Carretero closes the distance and pushes Black back into the ropes.
Carretero lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carretero scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carretero works on Black's body with a couple of short punches.
Black is breathing heavily.
Carretero blocks a body shot from Black.
Black is trying to break the clinch but Carretero is controlling him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Carretero lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cristóforo Carretero dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Carretero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Carretero.
Black lands a nice looking body shot.
Black's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carretero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Black in his tracks.
Carretero scores with a sloppy right hand. Black should have avoided that one.
Black throws a series of strikes that have Carretero backpedaling.

It looks like Cristóforo Carretero has been cut.
Black throws a lazy right hand but Carretero sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Black throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carretero scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carretero cracks a nice hook into Black's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Carretero, as that shot connected.

Carretero gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carretero lands a body shot in the clinch.
Black working aggressively here.
Carretero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carretero tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carretero lands an uppercut.
Black swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carretero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short uppercut from Carretero.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Carretero.
A body shot lands from Carretero.
Carretero lands with a left to the head.
Carretero makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carretero working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carretero lands a right hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Black tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carretero's elbow.

Carretero breaks from the clinch.
Black is looking to score with low kicks.
Carretero lands with a nice body punch.
Black misses the body punch
and Carretero counters with an inside leg kick.
Carretero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Carretero goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carretero lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Carretero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Black's hands.
Black scores with a jab to the jaw.
Carretero stuns Black with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Carretero as he connects with a hook.
Carretero jabs at Black's body.
Black tries to clinch up
and Carretero counters with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carretero lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Carretero rushes Black and presses him up against the ropes.
Black tries to throw a body punch but Carretero avoids it by throwing Black back against the ropes.
Carretero blocks a body shot from Black.
Carretero lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Carretero on the inside.
Carretero lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carretero.
Carretero lands with a short shot to the head.

Black is rocked!
Black has a couple of punches blocked by Carretero.
Carretero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Black is still on wobbly legs! Can Carretero finish him?
Nice body punch from Carretero.
Black seems to have recovered his senses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carretero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Carretero lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carretero lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Black backwards.
Black takes a shot to the head.
Carretero lands with a short punch from the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cristóforo Carretero showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carretero has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cristóforo Carretero!
Cristóforo Carretero thanked the fans post fight for their support.