PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Feodore Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and FiveX Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Carwin's choice of entrance music: big hands. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sabre
vs
Carwin

195 cm
20
290 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

166 cm
24
289 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)
Heavy Weight Nutrition (*Recovery 152 $50!)

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Feodore Sabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, FiveX Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabre missing with a left hand there. Carwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sabre misses the shot to the body.
Sabre takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sabre closes this distance looking for a takedown but Carwin circles away.
Carwin misses with an uppercut.
Sabre thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sabre keeps the fight on the outside.
Carwin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sabre.
Sabre thows a body shot but no joy.
Sabre shoots in looking for a takedown. Carwin tries to sprawl out of it but Sabre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Carwin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feodore Sabre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carwin slips a straight right by Sabre.
Sabre just misses with a punch to the body.
Sabre will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sabre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Carwin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Carwin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sabre's defenses.
Carwin lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Feodore Sabre has been cut.
Carwin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sabre jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carwin walks away with a smile on his face. Sabre gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Carwin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sabre.
Carwin slips under a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Feodore Sabre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sabre ducks under a wild hook from Carwin.
Carwin looks to land a left hand but Sabre moved out of range nicely.
Sabre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sabre thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carwin just misses with a punch to the body.
Carwin just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sabre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Carwin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sabre somewhat.

Carwin moves into range and clinches up with Sabre.
Sabre takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sabre is defending well for now.
Carwin tries to work over Sabre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sabre avoiding damage as Carwin throws knees to the body.
Carwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabre.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carwin misses with a punch to the body.
Carwin lands a good knee to the midsection. Sabre won't want to take too many of those.
Sabre blocks an elbow strike from Carwin.
Carwin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sabre avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

FiveX Carwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Feodore Sabre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Carwin moves away from the strike by Sabre.
Carwin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sabre.
Sabre avoids the body shot from Carwin.
Sabre shoots in for a takedown but Carwin shows good takedown defense.

Sabre looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Carwin!
Sabre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Carwin working to try and regain half guard.
Sabre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sabre landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sabre punching from mount but Carwin doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Carwin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Carwin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sabre lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre breaks from Carwin's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Carwin is squirming around, avoiding Sabre's attempts to control the action.
Sabre controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Poor strikes thrown by Sabre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Sabre throwing strikes here but Carwin is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carwin can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Sabre landing punches.
Sabre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Carwin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sabre with shots to the head and body - Carwin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sabre trying to control but Carwin is having none of it.
Sabre throwing strikes but Carwin uses the opportunity to regain half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabre working the head and body with strikes.
Sabre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carwin keeps working.
Sabre sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Feodore Sabre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Feodore Sabre's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Carwin stuffs the takedown attempt from Sabre. Sabre gets slowly back to his feet.
Horrible takedown by Sabre or perhaps it was just good defense by Carwin which made him look bad.
Sabre shoots in looking for a takedown. Carwin tries to sprawl out of it but Sabre keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Carwin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Feodore Sabre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sabre.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sabre.
Carwin scores with a jab to the body.
Sabre lands a nice hook to Carwin's body. Carwin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sabre shoots in for a takedown but Carwin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carwin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Sabre closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Carwin to the mat! Carwin manages to get full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin looking for a sweep. Not yet Carwin, not yet.
Sabre lands a couple of digs.
Sabre trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Carwin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sabre content to stall in guard here.
Sabre won't allow Carwin to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre tries to free his leg and advance position but Carwin is retaining full guard.
Sabre wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
Sabre sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sabre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sabre trying to control the position from guard on top but Carwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sabre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Carwin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sabre throws out the jab.
Sabre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Sabre or perhaps it was just good defense by Carwin which made him look bad.
Sabre misses with a looping right.

And that's the end of the fight!
FiveX Carwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Carwin 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... FiveX Carwin!