PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Thugs. Carter comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Linkin Park - New Divide kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Walker
vs
Carter

168 cm
20
157 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

162 cm
22
155 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Carter!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter throws a big shot that misses.
No luck for Carter with that takedown attempt.
Walker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Carter throws a sloppy head kick and Walker moves out of range easily.
Carter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carter scores with a jab to the head.
A swing and a miss from Walker.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Carter saw that one coming.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Carter gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Carter fails to land.
A short left from Carter.

It looks like Stevie Walker has been cut.

Carter manages to break the clinch.
Carter thuds his right hand into Walker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carter blocks the body kick.
Walker swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Carter looks to land a right hand but Walker moved out of range.
Walker swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walker.
Walker misses with a wild body shot.
Walker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Walker fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker lands with a cross.
Carter connects with a right hand. Walker shakes it off.
Carter throws a head kick that misses
and Walker counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Carter is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Walker needs to keep his hands up - Carter had a free shot at his head there.
Carter shoots in for a takedown but Walker shows good takedown defense.
Walker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carter tries to work over Walker's front leg with a kick but Walker checks it.
Carter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter throws a jab but it's blocked by Walker.
Carter blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Carter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Carter tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Walker swivels and escapes.
Stevie Walker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Carter.
Walker is looking to land body kicks.
Walker throws a hook but Carter blocks it.
Walker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter scores with a jab to the body.
Carter ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
No joy there for Carter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Carter.
Carter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Walker misses with a two punch combination.
Carter fails with a takedown attempt.
Walker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stevie Walker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walker moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
That's time! Walker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Carter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Walker lands a nice looking body shot.
Carter changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Carter throws a head kick but Walker moves out of range.
Carter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Walker!
Walker moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Craig Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Carter is looking to chop away at Walker's legs.
Carter lands a jab.
Carter throws a combination. Walker tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Walker is rocked!
Carter fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Walker avoids it really well and circles away.
Oh Walker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Carter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walker seems to have got his legs back now.
Walker defending well as Carter loads up on a big left hand.
Walker throws a front kick aimed at Carter's knee but Carter avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walker looks to throw a body kick
and Carter counters with a nice uppercut.
Carter swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Walker.
Nice sprawl there from Walker as Carter shoots in.
Carter scores with a punch to the head.
Walker misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Walker misses the target.
Stevie Walker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Carter darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Carter not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Carter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Walker's head.
Carter looks to land a strike but Walker avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Carter trying to control the position from guard on top but Walker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carter trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Walker manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Carter looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carter is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Walker scoring well with a low kick there.
Walker throws a wild body kick that Carter sees coming a mile off.
Walker throws a body kick that misses.
Walker looks to throw a body kick
and Carter counters with an outside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Walker slips under a jab from Carter.
Walker moves out of range of the leg kick from Carter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stevie Walker's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Carter checks a low kick from Walker.
Walker misses with a series of wild punches.
Carter wants to clinch up but Walker keeps it at a distance.
Walker tries to close the distance and clinch but Carter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Walker!
A shot to the body from Walker misses
and Carter counters with a big head kick but Walker shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Walker takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Carter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Walker is in all sorts of trouble here.
Walker slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Carter uses his free foot to push down on Walker's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Walker.
Carter trying to control but Walker is having none of it.
Carter content just to control the position here.
Carter landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter landing shots from mount.
Carter thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Carter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Carter looking to finish Walker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Walker!
Carter controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stevie Walker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carter trying to control but Walker is having none of it.
Walker suckers Carter into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Walker is now in Carter's guard!
Craig Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carter wants to sweep here but Walker controlling him for the moment.
Walker works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carter works his way to full guard. Good work.
Walker preventing the sweep.
Carter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Walker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Walker is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Carter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Carter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Carter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Carter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Carter!