PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kid Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Tevez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carwin
vs
Tevez

192 cm
22
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kid Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carlos Tevez!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Carwin.

It looks like Carlos Tevez has been cut.
Tevez swinging wildly here.
A telegraphed right hand from Carwin misses the target.
Tevez tries to bum rush Carwin with a series of wild strikes but Carwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tevez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Carwin.
Tevez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Carwin shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Tevez trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tevez gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carwin stopping the sweep attempt from Tevez.
Tevez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Carwin regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin pushes Tevez off looking to stand but Tevez dives back in and keeps control.

Carwin kicks off Tevez and gets to his feet.
Carwin is breathing heavily.

Carwin clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carwin scores with a nice hook to the head.

Carwin breaks the clinch.
Tevez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Carwin counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carwin chips away with some ground and pound.
Carwin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tevez's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Carwin wants to work for an arm triangle but Tevez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tevez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tevez striking off his back but it's not causing Carwin any problems.
Tevez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Carwin postures up.
Tevez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Carwin controls the pace.
Tevez looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Tevez is working an open guard so Carwin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Tevez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Carwin shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Carwin was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Carwin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Carwin with good strikes from the mount here!
Tevez is trying to escape the mount.
Carwin unloading with bombs!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carwin with shots to the head and body - Tevez looks very uncomfortable down there.
Carwin content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Carwin throws a head kick that misses.
Tevez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tevez closes the distance looking to clinch

and Carwin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Tevez!
Carwin cracks Tevez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tevez is looking to improve his position but Carwin isn't that keen on the idea.
Tevez tries to hold on but Carwin postures up.
Carwin controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tevez wants to hold on but Carwin pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carwin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Carwin looking to finish Tevez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tevez!
Carwin with good strikes from the mount here!
Carwin scoring with strikes but Tevez is staying in there.
Carwin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Carwin controlling the position easily from mount.
Carwin scoring with strikes but Tevez is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tevez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Carwin content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Carwin.
Tevez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Carwin controlling his opponent.
Tevez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin controlling his opponent.
Tevez is in a horrible position here. Carwin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Carwin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tevez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Carwin cracks Tevez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Carwin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Kid Carwin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Carwin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Tevez was covering up waiting for the punch and Carwin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Carwin controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kid Carwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Tevez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tevez scoring well with a low kick there.

Carwin closes the distance and pushes Tevez back into the cage.

Carwin manages to break the clinch.
Carwin takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Carwin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tevez wants to control but Carwin is having none of it.
Tevez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Carwin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tevez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carwin lands a heavy elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Carwin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kid Carwin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carwin prevents Tevez from getting the reversal.
Carwin is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carwin raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tevez is looking to get to half guard.
Carwin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Carwin landing strikes from the mount.
Tevez is looking to get to half guard.
Carwin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Tevez for as long as he can get away with.
Tevez is bucking up trying to escape but Carwin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tevez wants to control but Carwin is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Carwin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Carwin controlling his opponent.

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.
Carwin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Carwin lands a big elbow.
Tevez working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Carwin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Carwin dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Tevez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tevez swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Carwin landing strikes from the mount.
Carlos Tevez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kid Carwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carwin controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kid Carwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carwin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

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