PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julius Amiti (ranked 4775 p4p, 3401 weight class) and Richard Carter (ranked 498 p4p, 415 weight class). Carter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. “Boy Would You” kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Amiti
vs
Carter

184 cm
19
170
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
170
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BANZAI NUTRITION

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julius Amiti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Richard Carter!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amiti throws an overhand right that lands on Carter's shoulder, as Carter tries to avoid the shot.
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
Amiti throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter counters with a stiff right hand.
Amiti misses with an uppercut.
Carter is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Amiti with a body shot.
Amiti throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Carter is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Carter throws a combination. Amiti tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Julius Amiti has been cut.
Carter scores with a hook to the body. Amiti takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carter wants to slow Amiti down by chopping away at his legs.
Carter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Amiti looks to land a right hand but Carter moved out of range.

Amiti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter is trying to improve his position.
Amiti working the ground and pound but Carter is defending the strikes.
Carter is trying to improve his position.
Amiti wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carter keeps working.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter struggling a bit here.
Carter manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Amiti trying to control but Carter postures up.
Amiti is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The 3rd Precinct, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Carter is trying to control the action in half guard but Amiti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Amiti wants to control but Carter is keeping busy.
Amiti is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amiti makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Amiti.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter postures up in Amiti's guard and throws a big left but Amiti blocks it.
Amiti striking off his back but it's not causing Carter any problems.
Amiti wants to sweep here but Carter controlling him for the moment.
Carter wants to control from the top but Amiti keeps moving.
Amiti scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Carter tries to free his leg and advance position but Amiti is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Amiti keeping moving, preventing Carter from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Carter lands with a shot to the body.
Carter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amiti.
Amiti misses with a hook
enabling Carter to counter with a crisp jab.
Carter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Amiti doesn't seem bothered though.
Amiti misses with a takedown
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carter tries to bum rush Amiti with a series of wild strikes but Amiti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Amiti misses with a looping left.
Amiti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carter has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Amiti takes a kick to the side of the head.
Amiti misses the jab.
Amiti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Richard Carter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carter throws a head kick but Amiti moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Amiti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carter.
Carter lands with a hook. Amiti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A slow jab from Amiti misses its intended target.
Carter throws a right and a left that Amiti avoids nicely.
Amiti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Carter slips a jab from Amiti.
Amiti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Amiti missing with a left hand there. Carter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amiti.
Carter lands a head shot.
Amiti misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carter scores with a counter punch that sends Amiti to the canvas! Carter smells blood - he's punishing Amiti with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Amiti has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Carter!
Richard Carter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.