PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Bundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by Walkie Talkie - DJ Shadow. Bundy has chosen Bad to The Bone as his entrance music. Al Bundy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carter
vs
Bundy

188 cm
25
217 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

182 cm
25
212 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andrew Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Bundy!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Carter misses its intended target.
Carter leaves Bundy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Carter thows a body shot but no joy.
Carter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
Carter lands a nice shot to the body.

Bundy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Carter sprawls well initially but Bundy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Carter wants to improve his position but Bundy is controlling well.
Bundy working the head and body with strikes.
Bundy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Carter is trying to control but can't.
Carter tries to get to full guard but Bundy has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bundy lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bundy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bundy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter is looking to control Bundy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carter avoid being mounted?
Carter moves into full guard.
Bundy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carter keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
Bundy lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Carter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bundy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Bundy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Carter keeping moving, preventing Bundy from controlling successfully.
Bundy pushing down on Carter's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Carter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bundy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bundy 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.
Bundy drops an elbow to the side of Carter's head.
Bundy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carter with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carter wants to improve his position but Bundy is controlling well.
Bundy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Carter knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy working Carter over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Bundy there.
Bundy looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bundy 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.
Carter is trying to get back to full guard.
Bundy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bundy trying to control from half guard but Carter is working away.
Carter is looking for a sweep. Bundy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bundy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carter tries to roll over but Bundy keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bundy lands a nice short elbow.
Bundy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Carter makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carter.

Carter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bundy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Carter is breathing heavily.
Bundy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bundy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Carter's head.
Bundy postures up and lands a big shot to Carter's brow.
Bundy stands up over Carter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Bundy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bundy lands a body shot.
Carter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carter misses with a looping right.

Carter closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Carter missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bundy trying to control here.
Bundy is doing well to control the position and prevent Carter from advancing to side control.

Carter is looking for a kimura here.
Bundy is trying to maintain the position but Carter is very close to passing his half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bundy punching from the bottom.
Carter wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bundy keeps working.

Carter is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bundy doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Carter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bundy shoots in but Carter avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Carter doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Bundy counters with a shoot takedown. Carter fights it but they end up in guard.
Bundy is looking to work some ground and pound but Carter has wrist control.
Bundy lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bundy landing some decent shots from guard.
Carter trying to control the position.
Bundy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter has momentary wrist control but Bundy slips an elbow through the middle.
Bundy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bundy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bundy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bundy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bundy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bundy lands a couple of elbows.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bundy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Carter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bundy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Carter has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Bundy is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Carter.
Carter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy scoring with punches and elbows.
Carter on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Carter is looking for a sweep.
Bundy lands some shots froms side control.
Carter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Bundy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Carter is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bundy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Bundy winds up and cracks Carter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bundy working the head and body with strikes.
Bundy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Al Bundy has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carter wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bundy trying to control the action but Carter is working from the bottom.
Bundy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Carter has hold of Bundy's hands but Bundy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Carter tries to get to full guard but Bundy has control of the leg.
Bundy winds up and cracks Carter with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bundy drops an elbow to the side of Carter's head.
Carter is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bundy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bundy working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Bundy there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carter is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Bundy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Bundy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bundy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carter.

Bundy drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bundy.
Carter is trying to control the position but Bundy postures up.
Bundy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bundy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bundy stands up over Carter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bundy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carter avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bundy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bundy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Carter escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bundy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bundy distracts Carter with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter has momentary wrist control but Bundy slips an elbow through the middle.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bundy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bundy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bundy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bundy's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bundy with a flurry of punches that miss.

Carter is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Bundy is aware though and is defending well.

Carter looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bundy passes into half guard.
Bundy working Carter over with strikes.
Bundy 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter missing with punches from the bottom.
Bundy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bundy moves nicely into side control.
Carter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carter is working hard here to advance position.
Bundy scoring with punches from side control.
Bundy is looking to take a break and control but Carter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bundy landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bundy is looking to control Carter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bundy avoid being mounted?

Carter seems to be working for a kimura but Bundy defends the submission attempt.
Carter trying to pass the guard but Bundy defending well.
Andrew Carter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Carter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Bundy moves into full guard.
Bundy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carter is one step ahead there.
Bundy throwing short punches from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bundy manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bundy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bundy wants to control the pace but Carter is squirming around nicely.
Bundy scoring with strikes but Carter is staying in there.
Carter is looking to get to half guard.
Bundy with shots to the head and body - Carter looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bundy lands a big shot there that rocks Carter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Carter is rocked!
Carter is in a horrible position here. Bundy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Al Bundy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bundy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Bundy!