PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between El Guapo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cale Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Guapo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Guapo
vs
Carter

178 cm
27
165 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

184 cm
26
166 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, El Guapo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cale Carter!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carter catches Guapo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Guapo.
Guapo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guapo dodges an elbow strike from Carter.
Guapo working aggressively here.
Carter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Guapo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Guapo controlling the action here for a moment.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Guapo.
Guapo lands an elbow inside that Carter shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Guapo.

It looks like Cale Carter has been cut.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Guapo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Carter misses with a body shot.
Guapo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Guapo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter moves out of range of the body kick.
Carter swats away the attempt to clinch by Guapo.
El Guapo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Guapo throws a low kick, looking for Carter's leg but Carter calmly moves out of range.
Guapo is looking to score with low kicks.
Guapo motions for Carter to come forward. Guapo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Guapo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carter - the referee stops the clock and Guapo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carter. Guapo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Carter throws a one two combo.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter needs to keep his hands up - Guapo had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter is looking to chop away at Guapo's legs.
Guapo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A slapping leg kick lands for Guapo.
Guapo throws a chopping leg kick but Carter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Carter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Guapo.
Guapo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Guapo slips a straight right by Carter.
Carter lands the left hand.
Carter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carter checks the leg kick nicely there.
Carter checks the leg kick.
Guapo fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Guapo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Guapo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Carter clinches up with Guapo and pushes him back against the cage.
Guapo lands a nice elbow.
Carter throws a head punch that misses.
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Guapo avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Carter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Guapo's elbow.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guapos head.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Guapos head.
Carter swings wildly with an uppercut but Guapo uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carter throws an elbow but misses.
Guapo prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter lands a left hand.

Guapo manages to break the clinch.
Guapo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Guapo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Guapo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by Guapo.
Guapo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Guapo doesn't seem bothered though.
Guapo misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter walks into a straight right hand from Guapo.
Nice cross by Carter.
The fighters circling - Carter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Guapo ducks under a wild hook from Carter.
Guapo throws the left hand but Carter avoids the punch easily.
Guapo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Guapo throws a leg kick
and Carter counters with an outside leg kick.
Guapo moves away from the strike by Carter.
Guapo misses with a leg kick
and Carter counters with a left to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Carter - that will leave a mark!
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guapo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Guapo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Guapo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guapo throws a chopping leg kick but Carter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Guapo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A low kick from Carter misses
and Guapo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Guapo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Guapo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Guapo moves into the clinch.
Guapo misses with some punches.
Carter lands a left hand.
Carter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carter lands with a left to the head.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Guapo throws a low kick but Carter avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter works the jab nicely.
Carter tries to land a body kick
and Guapo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Carter's knee momentarily.
Cale Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Guapo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Guapo scoring well with a low kick there.
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!
Carter takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Carter has managed to clinch.
Guapo wants to break free but Carter has control.
Carter lands a damaging elbow.
Guapo prevents a body shot from Carter.
Carter lands with a left to the head.
Guapo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Guapo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guapo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Guapo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guapo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Guapo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Carter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carter cracks Guapo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Guapo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guapo connects with a body shot.
Carter misses with a wild body shot.
Guapo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Guapo tries to bum rush Carter with a series of wild strikes but Carter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guapo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Guapo throws a head kick but Carter moves out of range.
Carter misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Guapo.
Carter misses with a looping right.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch but Guapo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Guapo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Guapo throws a leg kick but Carter sees it coming and moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Carter.
Guapo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carter.
Guapo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Guapo tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
Carter dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Guapo. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cale Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cale Carter's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Carter avoids the head kick by Guapo.
Carter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Guapo ducks right into an uppercut from Carter.
Carter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Guapo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carter throws a body kick that misses
and Guapo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Guapo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carter counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Carter listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Guapo walks into a jab.
Carter throws an overhand right that lands on Guapo's shoulder, as Guapo tries to avoid the shot.
Guapo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guapo swats away the attempt to clinch by Carter.
Carter cracks the inside of Guapo's front leg.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Guapo.
Carter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carter tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guapo avoids it.
Guapo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guapo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter scores with a hook to the body.
Carter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter tries to circle away but Guapo has him pinned against the cage.
Carter takes an elbow to the temple.
Guapo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carter keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Guapo's efforts to push away.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Guapo backwards.
Carter crunches a lovely knee into Guapo's ribcage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carter.
Guapo blocks an elbow strike from Carter.
Carter creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Carter tries to work over Guapo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Guapo looking to stall.
Carter lands a knee to the body.
Carter is leaning against Guapo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
El Guapo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Guapo working aggressively here.
Guapo wants to break free but Carter has control.
Carter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carter working aggressively here.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter pushes off an throws an elbow but Guapo leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carter putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Guapo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Guapo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Guapo, against the cage.
Carter lands a hook that snaps the head of Guapo backwards.

Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Guapo tries to clinch there but Carter circles away.
Carter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good leg kick by Guapo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Carter.
Carter keeps the fight on the outside.
Carter walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Guapo tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Carter throws a front kick that sends Guapo stumbling back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guapo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Carter. Carter obviously looking to wear him down.
Carter tests Guapo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Guapo.
Cale Carter is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Guapo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Carter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Guapo throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter lunges at Guapo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Guapo's hand.
Guapo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Carter checks the leg kick nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cale 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30

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