PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kamal Carwabercic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carwabercic kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Fazlija - Malo viski malo Coca Cola. Jeremy Sharp will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Carwabercic
vs
Sharp

172 cm
19
169 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kamal Carwabercic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Sharp!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Carwabercic throws a head kick that misses.

Sharp closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Sharp is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Carwabercic is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Carwabercic is trying to buck Sharp off.

Sharp is trying to get an arm triangle but Carwabercic is defending well.

Sharp is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Carwabercic knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Carwabercic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwabercic pushes Sharp away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Sharp gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Carwabercic knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sharp on the ground.
Carwabercic sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Carwabercic is breathing heavily.
Sharp works his way into full mount!
Carwabercic regains half guard.
Sharp drops an elbow to the side of Carwabercic's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Sharp connects with a nice short shot to Carwabercic's temple.

Sharp decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jeremy Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharp shoots in for a takedown but Carwabercic shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carwabercic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Carwabercic throws a leg kick which misses Sharp's front leg but catches the back leg as Sharp tries to avoid it.
Carwabercic lands with a kick to the temple. Sharp shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sharp shoots in for a double leg but Carwabercic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kamal Carwabercic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Sharp.
Sharp loads up on a big right hand but Carwabercic slips the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwabercic misses with a head kick.
Sharp lands a jab.
Carwabercic throws a sloppy head kick and Sharp moves out of range easily.
Carwabercic moves out of range as Sharp strikes.
Sharp throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carwabercic's waist but Carwabercic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sharp off to one side.
Carwabercic throws a series of punches but Sharp avoids them all with ease.
Carwabercic lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sharp shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Carwabercic pinned against the cage. Carwabercic gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sharp shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carwabercic defends it nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Carwabercic shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sharp but Sharp pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sharp scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwabercic throws a head kick that misses.
Sharp is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carwabercic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carwabercic wants to clinch.
Sharp has his takedown stuffed
and Carwabercic counters with a nice body kick.
Carwabercic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sharp throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Carwabercic's waist but Carwabercic gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sharp off to one side.
Sharp misses with a takedown
and Carwabercic counters with a body kick.
Carwabercic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carwabercic displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sharp.
Carwabercic tries for a takedown but Sharp circles away easily

and Sharp counters with a nice double leg into side control. Carwabercic won't be happy with that.
Carwabercic is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Sharp tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sharp has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carwabercic is looking to reverse the position.
Sharp works to advance to full mount. Carwabercic defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The referee warns Carwabercic that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Carwabercic is looking to improve his position but Sharp isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sharp lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Sharp dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Sharp feints and as Carwabercic raises his hands in defense, Sharp changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sharp sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Carwabercic's guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sharp stops Carwabercic from getting back to his feet.

Sharp decides to stand and escape the position.
Kamal Carwabercic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Carwabercic moves into the clinch.

Carwabercic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carwabercic slips a jab from Sharp.
Carwabercic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sharp defends it nicely.
A head kick by Sharp misses

and Carwabercic holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sharp changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Carwabercic fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Sharp shoots in for a double leg but Carwabercic sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Carwabercic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp shoots in but Carwabercic avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kamal Carwabercic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Sharp.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sharp misses with a takedown attempt - Carwabercic sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sharp is trying hard to land a takedown here. Carwabercic sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Sharp looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Carwabercic!
Sharp is landing with some decent strikes but Carwabercic is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Sharp is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Carwabercic to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Carwabercic shrugs it off.
Carwabercic gets back to half guard.
Sharp seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Carwabercic does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sharp is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Sharp uses his free foot to push down on Carwabercic's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Carwabercic.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwabercic is in all sorts of trouble here.

Sharp is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Sharp extends the arm and Carwabercic is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Sharp!