PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorma Rautakangas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miles Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautakangas comes to the cage accompanied by Time To Send Someone Away by José González. Miles Carter has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jorma Rautakangas's chin.

Rautakangas
vs
Carter

212 cm
22
270 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
234 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jorma Rautakangas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Miles Carter!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rautakangas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rautakangas with the ground and pound but Carter uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Rautakangas postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Rautakangas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rautakangas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Carter is keeping the position for now.
Rautakangas postures up in Carter's guard and throws a big left but Carter blocks it.
Rautakangas throws and elbow that misses. Carter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rautakangas's guard. Nice move by Carter!
Rautakangas wants to get back to his feet but Carter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rautakangas looking for a sweep. Not yet Rautakangas, not yet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rautakangas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carter but Carter pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carter rushes Rautakangas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Rautakangas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Carter pinned against the cage. Carter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Horrible takedown by Rautakangas or perhaps it was just good defense by Carter which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorma Rautakangas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rautakangas is breathing heavily.
Carter throws a series of punches but Rautakangas avoids them all with ease.
Carter tries to bum rush Rautakangas with a series of wild strikes but Rautakangas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carter misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rautakangas.
Carter fails to land with a series of punches.

Carter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rautakangas prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Carter has had enough of the clinch but Rautakangas keeps him there for the moment.
Rautakangas keeps control of Carter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carter should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rautakangas goes for a takedown in the clinch but Carter prevents it.
Carter wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carter is trying to break free.
Rautakangas has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Carter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Carter is trying to break free.
Rautakangas drops down looking for an ankle pick but Carter pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter cracks Rautakangas with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Jorma Rautakangas has been cut.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carter drops Rautakangas with a nice combination! Carter dives into Rautakangas's guard, looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rautakangas wants to sweep but no luck.

Carter gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Miles Carter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Carter moves into the clinch successfully.
Carter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rautakangas has him pressed against the cage.

Carter breaks from the clinch.
Carter tries to clinch but Rautakangas moves out of range.

Carter instigates a clinch.

Carter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rautakangas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Carter thuds a left hand into Rautakangas's body.
Carter lands a jab-cross combination.

Jorma Rautakangas's cut is getting worse.
Carter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rautakangas paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter tries to clinch up but Rautakangas circles away and keeps his distance.
Carter tries to clinch up but Rautakangas circles away and keeps his distance.

Carter instigates a clinch.
Rautakangas prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Carter is trying to break the clinch but Rautakangas has him pressed against the cage.
Rautakangas prevents Carter from breaking the clinch.
Carter is looking to break free of the clinch but Rautakangas has double underhooks.

Carter breaks the clinch.
Carter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rautakangas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rautakangas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carter but Carter pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Carter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Jorma Rautakangas's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A nice combination there by Carter.
Rautakangas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a series of punches but Rautakangas avoids them all with ease.
Carter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rautakangas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carter swinging wilding here.
Carter throws a series of punches but Rautakangas avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carter gets a clinch.

Rautakangas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rautakangas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a right and a left that Rautakangas avoids nicely.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Rautakangas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carter tries to clinch up

and Rautakangas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rautakangas is looking to stand up but Carter won't let him.
Rautakangas throws a strike but Carter rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rautakangas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles Carter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorma Rautakangas'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.

Rautakangas shoots for a double leg takedown but Carter sprawls well. He's pushed Rautakangas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carter misses with the combination.
Rautakangas fails to land the takedown.
Carter throws a right hand that Rautakangas ducks under and follows up with a left that Rautakangas also avoids with ease.
Miles Carter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carter misses with a double jab

and Rautakangas counters with a single leg into guard. Carter didn't expect that.
Rautakangas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rautakangas stops Carter from standing up.
Rautakangas trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Carter manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Carter forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rautakangas throws a strike from the bottom but Carter passes into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter happy to just control the position for now.

Carter has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Rautakangas shoots for a takedown but Carter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorma Rautakangas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carter tries to bum rush Rautakangas with a series of wild strikes but Rautakangas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Horrible takedown by Rautakangas or perhaps it was just good defense by Carter which made him look bad.
Rautakangas shoots for a takedown but Carter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Carter clinches up against the cage.
Carter can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rautakangas goes for a takedown attempt but Carter pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Carter fails to land with a series of punches.
Carter lands with a nice combination. Rautakangas backs away looking to recover.
Carter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Miles Carter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rautakangas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carter keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Carter!
Rautakangas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a series of punches but Rautakangas moves out of range.
Rautakangas shoots in but no luck this time.
Carter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Jeez, Jorma Rautakangas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Carter throws a series of strikes that have Rautakangas backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rautakangas moves in looking to clinch but Carter pushes him off.
Carter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rautakangas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carter circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rautakangas closes the distance and clinches up with Carter, looking for a takedown. Rautakangas pushes Carter against the cage but Carter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Carter throws a right and a left that Rautakangas avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rautakangas misses with a takedown attempt - Carter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rautakangas tries for a takedown but Carter sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rautakangas keeps the fight on the outside.
Carter lands with a nice combination. Rautakangas backs away looking to recover.
Carter looks to land a combination. Rautakangas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rautakangas shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rautakangas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carter.
Carter throws a series of punches but Rautakangas avoids them all with ease.
Rautakangas fails to land the takedown.
Carter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rautakangas shoots for a double leg takedown but Carter sprawls well. He's pushed Rautakangas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carter is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Carter.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Rautakangas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rautakangas tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Carter swivels and escapes.
Rautakangas tries to close the distance and clinch but Carter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carter throws a nice looking combination but Rautakangas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rautakangas backs up against the cage.
Rautakangas misses with a looping right.
Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Rautakangas.
Rautakangas working the head and body with strikes.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Carter. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes there by Rautakangas.
Rautakangas scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rautakangas goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Carter has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Rautakangas but great work by Carter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miles Carter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jorma Rautakangas's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Carter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rautakangas dodges the punch combination from Carter.
Carter stuffs the takedown.
Rautakangas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carter paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carter throws a right hand that Rautakangas ducks under and follows up with a left that Rautakangas also avoids with ease.
Carter throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rautakangas keeps the fight on the outside.
Rautakangas fails with a takedown attempt.
Carter looks to land a combination but Rautakangas avoids it well.
Carter scores with a one two! Rautakangas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rautakangas fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorma Rautakangas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Carter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carter lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rautakangas backs up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter throws a combination. Rautakangas tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carter wants to clinch.
Rautakangas dodges the punch combination from Carter.
Carter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carter misses with a wild combination.

Rautakangas has taken the fight to the clinch.

Rautakangas breaks the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rautakangas.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rautakangas.
Carter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carter scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Carter misses with a double jab

and Rautakangas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Carter's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carter pushes Rautakangas off and scrambles back to his feet.
Rautakangas closes the distance and clinches up with Carter, looking for a takedown. Rautakangas pushes Carter against the cage but Carter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rautakangas.
Carter misses with a two punch combination.
Rautakangas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carter clinches but Rautakangas breaks the clinch

and Rautakangas counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Carter!
Rautakangas trying to control but Carter is having none of it.
Rautakangas working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Rautakangas with good strikes from the mount here!
Rautakangas thowing shots but they're missing.
You get the feeling that Carter really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jorma Rautakangas overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rautakangas looking to finish with strikes here!
Carter avoids a strike by Rautakangas and manages to complete a very nice reversal in the process, to end up in Rautakangas's guard! Fantastic escape!
Rautakangas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rautakangas tries to get out of the position.
Rautakangas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carter is one step ahead there.
Jorma Rautakangas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Rautakangas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Rautakangas is working an open guard so Carter takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Carter looks to land a combination but Rautakangas avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carter scores with a hook.
Carter throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rautakangas.
A jab from Rautakangas misses.
Miles Carter is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carter stuffs the takedown attempt from Rautakangas. Rautakangas gets slowly back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jorma Rautakangas.
I think Carter has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

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