PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Golota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carwin has chosen kill or be killed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Golota
vs
Carwin

202 cm
28
274 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
28
285 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Golota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Shane Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin tries a head kick but it misses.
Carwin slips a jab and a cross from Golota.
Golota fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Golota moves into the clinch.

Golota breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Golota is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Carwin misses with a shot to the body
and Golota counters with an outside leg kick.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Golota avoids them all with ease.
Carwin wants to clinch up but Golota keeps it at a distance.
Carwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Carwin shoots in but no luck this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carwin takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Golota has Carwin up against the cage in a clinch.
Carwin prevents Golota from breaking the clinch.
Golota is trying to push Carwin away but Carwin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carwin lands a knee to the body.
Carwin lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Andrew Golota has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carwin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Golota avoids it.
Carwin throws an elbow that misses.
Carwin looking to throw knees to the head but Golota is blocking nicely.
Golota wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carwin throws an elbow but it misses.
Carwin misses with an elbow over the top.
Golota wants to get back to striking at distance but Carwin won't allow it.
Golota wants to break the clinch but can't.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carwin crunches a lovely knee into Golota's ribcage.
Carwin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carwin misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carwin tries a body shot but Golota blocks it.
Golota prevents a body shot from Carwin.
Carwin pushes off an throws an elbow but Golota leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Carwin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Golota wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carwin tries to stall but Golota uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Carwin trying to land knees to the body.
Golota trying to control the position but instead, Carwin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Golota into the cage.
Carwin tries to land knees in the clinch but Golota avoids the damage to the body.
Golota is pushing Carwin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Carwin is looking to control Golota's arms but Golota gets an underhook and turns him. Now Carwin has his back to the cage.
Golota slows down the pace here.
Golota wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Golota has had enough of the clinch but Carwin keeps him there for the moment.
Golota is pressed up against the cage. Carwin has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Golota down to the mat. Golota avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Carwin closes the distance but Golota moves to the side
and Golota counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Golota blocks a leg kick.

Carwin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Golota manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Carwin throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Golota keeping moving, preventing Carwin from controlling successfully.
Carwin stops Golota from standing up.
Golota knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Carwin on the ground.
Golota tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin won't allow Golota to get back to his feet.
Carwin throws a big right hand that misses.
Carwin lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Golota is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Carwin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carwin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Carwin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Carwin uses his free foot to push down on Golota's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Golota.
Carwin tries to control but Golota wriggling away.
Carwin unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Golota wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Carwin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Carwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Golota's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carwin fails with the takedown
and Golota counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carwin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Golota throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carwin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carwin swings for the body but Golota moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Golota crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carwin - the referee stops the clock and Golota gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carwin. Golota manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Golota pushes Carwin up against the cage in a clinch.
Carwin misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Carwin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carwin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Carwin missing with knees to the body.
Carwin misses with some punches.
Shane Carwin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carwin tries to pull guard but Golota forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carwin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Golota pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Andrew Golota has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Carwin.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Golota manages to break the clinch.
Golota just misses with a punch to the body.
Carwin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Golota crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Carwin - the referee stops the clock and Golota gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Carwin. Golota manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Golota misses with a looping left.

Carwin closes the distance and pushes Golota back into the cage.
Carwin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Golota is defending well for now.
Golota wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carwin has him pressed against the cage.
Carwin gets through Golota's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Andrew Golota's cut is getting worse.
Golota avoiding damage as Carwin throws knees to the body.
A short right from Golota on the inside.
Golota looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Golota prevents the takedown attempt.
Golota misses with a knee to the head.
Golota trying to control the position but instead, Carwin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Golota into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carwin has a couple of punches blocked by Golota.
Carwin trying to land knees to the body.
Golota is trying to break free.
Carwin looking to stall.
Nice elbow from Carwin.
Golota wants to break free but Carwin has control.
Carwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Golota is looking to break free of the clinch but Carwin has double underhooks.
Carwin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carwin looking to slow down the pace here.
Carwin swings wildly with an uppercut but Golota uses good head movement to avoid it.
Golota blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin blocking some punches.
Carwin looking to slow down the pace here.
Golota lands an uppercut.
Carwin missing with knees to the body.

Golota manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Golota both land. Nice combination.
Carwin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Golota stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carwin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carwin throws a wild body kick that Golota sees coming a mile off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Golota cracks Carwin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carwin misses with a wild body shot.
Golota scores with a three punch combo!
Carwin checks a low kick from Golota.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carwin managing to block the knees to the body from Golota.
Carwin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Golota's elbow.
Carwin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carwin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Golota's efforts to push away.
Carwin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Golota's efforts to push away.

Carwin successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carwin has a closed guard, preventing Golota from standing up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Golota gets to his feet - Carwin follows without any prompting.
Carwin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Golota throws a lazy right hand but Carwin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Golota dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Golota's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Golota throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Carwin darts in and clinches Golota up against the cage.

Golota breaks the clinch.
Carwin lands with a slapping head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carwin is defended easily by Golota.

Golota instigates a clinch.
Golota avoids the elbow strike from Carwin, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Carwin tries to throw a body punch but Golota avoids it by throwing Carwin back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Carwin.

Andrew Golota's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carwin throws an elbow but misses.
Carwin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Golota.

Golota breaks the clinch.
Golota lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carwin circles away quickly and effectively.
Carwin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Golota rather than just go for the knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Golota misses with a double jab

and Carwin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Carwin.
Golota will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Carwin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Carwin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carwin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Golota wants to stand up but Carwin is controlling him.
Carwin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Carwin prevents Golota from getting back to his feet.
Carwin postures up in Golota's guard and throws a big left but Golota blocks it.
Carwin trying to control the position from guard on top but Golota is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Golota manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Andrew Golota is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carwin looks to land a left hand but Golota moved out of range nicely.
Golota avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Golota looks to score with a jab to the body but Carwin is just out of range.
Golota on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carwin tries to clinch up but Golota circles away and keeps his distance.

Carwin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Golota is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Carwin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Golota to see if he's OK.
Carwin is working Golota over with some ground and pound from side control.
Carwin lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin scores with a couple of short elbows.

Jeez, Andrew Golota's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Andrew Golota's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Carwin!
Shane Carwin made sure to mention his sponsor, [GTI] Divine Clothing (FREE SPONSORS FOR NOOBS) in his post fight interview.