PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spencer Shawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shawn comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Don't You Forget About Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Spencer Shawn will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Carvalho
vs
Shawn

182 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

188 cm
19
194 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Darkness

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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Carvalho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Spencer Shawn!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho misses with a looping right.
Carvalho throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carvalho throws a big shot that misses.
Carvalho throws a combination. Shawn tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shawn looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Carvalho closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Carvalho working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
Shawn controlling the action here for a moment.
Shawn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Luiz Carvalho has been cut.
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
Carvalho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Carvalho.
Shawn is stalling here.
Shawn tries to work over Carvalho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shawn.
Carvalho prevents a body shot from Shawn.
Shawn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shawn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carvalho's defenses.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.
Shawn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shawn with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Carvalho is rocked!
Carvalho lands with a left to the head.
Oh Carvalho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shawn blocks an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shawn.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carvalho.
Shawn blocking some punches.
Carvalho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carvalho seems to have got his legs back now.
Carvalho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shawn cracks Carvalho with a nice body shot.
Shawn blocking some punches.
Shawn misses with a body punch.
Carvalho lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Carvalho misses with a punch on the inside.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.
Shawn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shawn struggles to land a body shot inside as Carvalho controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shawn lands an elbow inside that Carvalho shrugs off.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Shawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carvalho's elbow.
Carvalho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Shawn struggles to land a body shot inside as Carvalho controls his hands.
Carvalho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shawns head.
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Carvalho takes an elbow to the temple.
Shawn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carvalho takes an elbow to the temple.
Carvalho swings wildly with an uppercut but Shawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carvalho lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carvalho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carvalho misses with some punches.
Carvalho working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shawn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carvalho's brow.
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shawn - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shawn lands an elbow inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carvalho.
Shawn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.
Carvalho gets through Shawn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carvalho misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Carvalho fails to land.
Carvalho scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carvalho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shawn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carvalho's elbow.
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
Carvalho misses with some punches.
Carvalho swings wildly with an uppercut but Shawn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shawn blocks an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Carvalho misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carvalho.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shawn lands an elbow just above Carvalho 's eye.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.
Shawn throws an elbow but it misses.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shawn.
Carvalho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Carvalho misses with the head strike.
Shawn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shawn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shawn lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Carvalho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Luiz Carvalho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Carvalho throws the left hand but Shawn avoids the punch easily.

Shawn gets tackled into the cage by Carvalho. Carvalho maintains the clinch.
Shawn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shawn throws a head punch that misses.
Carvalho has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Shawn throws an elbow but it misses.
Shawn landing knees to the head.
Shawn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shawn stalling in the clinch.
Carvalho misses with some punches.
Carvalho throws a head punch that misses.
Carvalho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Carvalho working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Shawn.
Shawn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Carvalho's defenses.
Carvalho throws a head punch that misses.
Shawn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Carvalho fails to land.
Shawn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shawn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shawn blocks an uppercut.
Shawn misses with a knee strike.
Carvalho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shawn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carvalho's brow.
Shawn blocking some punches.
Shawn blocking some punches.
Shawn misses with a punch to the body.
Shawn lands a knee to the head.
Carvalho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shawn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Luiz Carvalho's cut is getting worse.
Carvalho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carvalho throws a head punch that misses.
Carvalho is pressed against the cage. Shawn pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Carvalho! Two more big strikes from Shawn and Carvalho crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Spencer Shawn!
A victorious Spencer Shawn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.