PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Carter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan McAndrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McAndrews has chosen Never Le Nkimise by Die Antwoord as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carter
vs
McAndrews

160 cm
18
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
26
193 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Carter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tristan McAndrews!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for McAndrews.

It looks like John Carter has been cut.
McAndrews takes a swing at Carter's ribcage but misses.
McAndrews turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McAndrews swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Carter.
Carter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McAndrews takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Carter in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Carter working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
McAndrews is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McAndrews defending against the ground and pound.
McAndrews taking punishment in the form of punches.
Carter connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused McAndrews some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McAndrews is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Carter scoring with punches and elbows.
McAndrews takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
McAndrews is trying to buck Carter off.
Carter controlling the position.
Carter looks up at the clock and then as McAndrews takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Carter smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Carter has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McAndrews takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Carter scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at McAndrews to see if he's OK.
Carter working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
McAndrews trying to remain calm as Carter controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter working the ground and pound.
McAndrews takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Carter misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
McAndrews wants to get back to his feet but Carter is dominant here and he's now got McAndrews's back!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter gets his hands free as McAndrews looks to control.
Carter scores with strikes from the back.
Carter has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for McAndrews.
McAndrews wants to get back to his feet.
Carter trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure McAndrews doesn't escape.
Carter connects with a big shot to the side of McAndrews's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter biding his time, looking for the opening.
McAndrews is covering up but some of the strikes from Carter are getting through and doing damage.
Carter lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Carter is working the ground and pound. Can McAndrews escape?
Carter softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carter scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. McAndrews is looking for a way out.

McAndrews is rocked!
The referee is taking a good look at McAndrews as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Carter!
McAndrews is still in real trouble! Can Carter finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carter lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Carter.
Carter lands strikes from the back and McAndrews isn't doing enough to escape the position. The referee steps in to end the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Carter!
John Carter tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.