PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Metaxa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carter comes to the cage accompanied by La Roux - In For The Kill. Metaxa has chosen •99• The Haunted🔫 as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Carter
vs
Metaxa

187 cm
33
205 lbs
27 - 21 - 0

185 cm
26
218 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Hardcore Nutrition
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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 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mike Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Metaxa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Metaxa moves into the clinch.
Metaxa scores with a shoulder strike.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Metaxa, against the cage.
Carter is working Metaxa over against the cage.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Good standup being displayed there by Carter as he connects with a hook.
Metaxa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carter.

Carter moves into the clinch.
Metaxa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Metaxa.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter misses with a low kick.
Carter misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Metaxa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carter.
Metaxa feints a jab promting Carter to slip. Metaxa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Carter slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Mike Carter has been cut.
Carter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carter with a jab.

It looks like Martin Metaxa has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Carter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Metaxa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Metaxa tries to clinch up but Carter circles away and keeps his distance.
Carter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Carter throws a hook but Metaxa avoids it easily.
Carter dips to his left and cracks Metaxa with an uppercut!
Metaxa tries to clinch but Carter moves out of range.
Metaxa moves to clinch but Carter breaks away

and Carter counters by moving into the clinch.
Metaxa lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Metaxa lands a nice uppercut.
Carter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carter prevents a body shot from Metaxa.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it misses.
Carter blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa lands a nice elbow.
Still in the clinch, Metaxa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Metaxa, against the cage.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Metaxa.
Carter blocking some punches.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it misses.
Metaxa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Metaxa blocks an uppercut.
Metaxa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Carter misses with a punch to the body.
Carter avoids a wild elbow strike from Metaxa.
A short right from Metaxa.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Metaxa is keeping busy.
Metaxa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Carter avoids it.
Metaxa lands an elbow inside that Carter shrugs off.
Metaxa avoids a wild elbow strike from Carter.
Carter lands with a light punch inside.
Carter tries to break free but Metaxa pushes him back against the cage.
Metaxa takes an elbow to the temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carter throws a body punch but Metaxa moves out of range.
Metaxa throws a lazy right hand but Carter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Metaxa avoids the body shot from Carter.
Metaxa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Metaxa is looking to clinch but Carter is avoiding it.
Metaxa tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Metaxa darts in and clinches Carter up against the cage.
Metaxa lands a right hand.
Carter is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Metaxa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carter blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Metaxa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Carter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Metaxa looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Metaxa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carter connects with a nice looking jab.
Metaxa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Metaxa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Metaxa looks winded!
Metaxa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Carter cracks Metaxa with a good jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carter keeps the fight on the outside.
Carter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Carter scores with the left hand. Metaxa knows he should have avoided that one.
Metaxa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Metaxa avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Carter dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Carter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Metaxa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Metaxa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mike Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carter misses the jab.
A punch combination from Carter misses.
Carter cracks the inside of Metaxa's front leg.
Metaxa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Carter misses.
Carter loads up on a big right hand but Metaxa slips the punch.
Metaxa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carter throws a lazy right hand but Metaxa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Metaxa clinches.
Metaxa is working Carter over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Metaxa.
Carter blocks an elbow strike from Metaxa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.
Metaxa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Metaxa dodges an elbow strike from Carter.
Carter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Metaxa.
Carter takes a shot to the head.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.

Carter breaks the clinch.

Carter moves into the clinch.
Metaxa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carter backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Metaxa.
Metaxa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Metaxa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Carter backwards.
Metaxa misses with an elbow strike.
Carter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Metaxas head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter tries to throw a body punch but Metaxa avoids it by throwing Carter back against the cage.
Metaxa lands an elbow inside that Carter shrugs off.
Carter lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Metaxa.
Metaxa working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter avoids the elbow strike from Metaxa, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Carter.
Metaxa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Metaxa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carter's brow.
Carter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Carter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Carter throws a low kick but Metaxa avoids it.

Carter instigates a clinch.
Carter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Metaxa backwards.
Carter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Metaxa.
A short uppercut from Metaxa.
Metaxa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Metaxa.
Carter blocks an elbow strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Metaxa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa blocks an elbow strike from Carter.
Carter wants to break the clinch but can't.
Metaxa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Metaxa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter.
Metaxa throws an elbow that misses.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Metaxa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carter scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Carter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Metaxa walks into a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Metaxa clinches up against the cage.
Metaxa missing with knees to the body.
Metaxa looking to slow down the pace here.
Metaxa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Metaxa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Metaxa throws an elbow but misses.
Metaxa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Metaxa throws an elbow but it misses.
Metaxa throws an elbow that misses.
Carter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carter misses with the head strike.
Carter is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Metaxa is defending well for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Metaxa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Carter throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carter fakes the leg kick and cracks Metaxa in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Martin Metaxa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Carter clobbers Metaxa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carter tries to bum rush Metaxa with a series of wild strikes but Metaxa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carter, right into the meat.
Metaxa tries to clinch up.
Metaxa needs to keep his hands up - Carter had a free shot at his head there.
Carter thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carter works over Metaxa's head and body with a nice combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter throws the left hand but Metaxa avoids the punch easily.
Carter scores with a jab to the jaw.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter misses with a lunging right hand
and Metaxa counters with a nice uppercut.
Metaxa fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Carter. That's going to slow Metaxa down.
Metaxa looks to clinch
and Carter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Metaxa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Metaxa tries to land a front kick but Carter steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Donk. Carter catches Metaxa right on the button with a cross.
Carter misses the shot to the body.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Metaxa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Metaxa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Metaxa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Metaxa moves into range and clinches up with Carter.
Carter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Metaxa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Still in the clinch, Metaxa scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Metaxa throws an elbow but misses.
Metaxa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Metaxa tries a body shot but Carter blocks it.
Carter misses with an elbow strike.

Carter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Metaxa tries to clinch up.
Metaxa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Metaxa. Carter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Metaxa.
Carter throws a combination that misses
and Metaxa counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick from Carter lands but Metaxa takes it in his stride.
Carter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Metaxa.
Carter scores with a decent looking hook.
Carter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Carter circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter misses with a straight right.
Mike Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Metaxa.
Carter fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carter cracks Metaxa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Metaxa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carter throws a series of punches but Metaxa moves out of range.
Metaxa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Metaxa misses with a two punch combination.
Carter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Metaxa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mike Carter is winning the standup battle so far.
A slow jab from Carter misses its intended target.
That kick from Carter tenderised Metaxa's leg. Metaxa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Metaxa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Metaxa blocks a jab.
Metaxa throws a jab when Carter was well out of range.
Carter misses with a low kick.
Metaxa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Metaxa moves out of range as Carter throws a body kick.
Carter throws a shot from downtown. Metaxa moves away and avoids it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Metaxa moves out of range as Carter strikes.
Carter with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Metaxa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Carter.
Metaxa throws a head kick that misses.
Carter takes a swing at Metaxa's ribcage but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Carter showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Carter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

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