|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gavin Blevins (ranked 6533 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Carno (ranked 5993 p4p, 0 weight class). Kyle Carno looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
 |
|
 |
| 223 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
|
185 cm
26
193 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
|
Good takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gavin Blevins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kyle Carno!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ron Honeybunn and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Blevins does no damage.
Kyle Carno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carno tries to clinch up.
Blevins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Blevins pushes Carno up against the cage in a clinch.
Carno prevents Blevins from breaking the clinch.
Carno unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Blevins manages to break the clinch.
Carno throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carno moves to clinch but Blevins breaks away
and Blevins counters with a three punch combo that has Carno backing up. Carno nods at Blevins to acknowledge the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carno showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blevins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blevins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carno circles away quickly and effectively.
Carno doesn't manage to clinch there - Blevins circles away.
Blevins misses with the combination.
Blevins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carno.
Carno throws a right and a left that Blevins avoids nicely.
As Carno looks to move away, Blevins throws a big counter combo but Carno just gets out of the way.
Carno looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blevins scores with a one two! Carno had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Blevins.
Carno avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Blevins.
Blevins throws a strike aimed at the side of Carno's head but Carno avoids it well.
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!
Carno taking punishment in the form of punches.
Blevins throws an elbow but Carno slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blevins lands a nice forearm strike.
Blevins remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Blevins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carno down.
Carno takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Blevins with the ground and pound but Carno regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Carno taking some punishment here, with Blevins in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blevins thows a huge punch but Carno dodges it nicely.
Blevins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blevins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Carno avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blevins.
Blevins missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blevins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carno's head.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blevins keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gavin Blevins dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Carno stuffs the takedown attempt from Blevins. Blevins gets slowly back to his feet.
As Blevins backs off Carno throws a huge counter combo but Blevins manages to avoid it all.
Blevins gets a takedown into half guard.
Blevins decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carno moves in looking to clinch but Blevins pushes him off.
Blevins tries to counter by clinching up but Carno breaks away and moves out of range.
Carno is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blevins lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Blevins shoots in but Carno avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Carno tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blevins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carno moves in looking to clinch but Blevins pushes him off.
A head kick by Carno misses
and Blevins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Blevins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carno's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blevins shoots in and bounces Carno off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Carno is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Blevins dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blevins controlling the position from side mount.
We've been informed that Carno has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Blevins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blevins misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Blevins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Blevins looks up at the clock and then as Carno takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Blevins smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Blevins tries to score with some ground and pound. Carno controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Blevins in side control lands a decent elbow.
Blevins in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Blevins working the head and body with strikes.
Blevins postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Blevins in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carno parries the strikes from Blevins easily there. Blevins is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Carno to escape.
Blevins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Carno down.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carno can do anything to dispel that myth.
Blevins is chipping away with strikes.
The strikes coming from Blevins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Blevins tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Blevins tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blevins throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Blevins 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.
A lull in the action here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gavin Blevins dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Blevins drives through and clinches with Carno against the cage.
Carno keeps control of Blevins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carno wants to stall.
Blevins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Blevins wants to break free but Carno has control.
Carno takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blevins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blevins lands a nice shot to the body.
Blevins rushes Carno and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carno is trying to break the clinch but Blevins has him pressed against the cage.
Blevins pulls Carno into guard.
Carno must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Blevins looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Carno puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Blevins punching from the bottom.
Carno is looking to take a break and control but Blevins is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blevins is looking to improve his position.
Blevins is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are battling for position here. Blevins manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Carno really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Blevins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blevins trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Blevins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carno can do to turn this around?
Carno won't allow Blevins to sweep him here.
Blevins is trying to control the position but Carno postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blevins thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Blevins wants to sweep but no luck.
Carno trying to control the position from guard on top but Blevins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Blevins has his hands on Carno's head, controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Carno tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blevins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carno tries to sprawl but Blevins drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Blevins perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Blevins seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Carno for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blevins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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.
Carno avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Blevins.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Blevins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blevins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carno defending well though.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Blevins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Carno tries to clinch but Blevins moves out of range.
As Carno looks to move away, Blevins throws a big counter combo but Carno just gets out of the way.
Kyle Carno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gavin Blevins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carno is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gavin Blevins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Blevins 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gavin Blevins!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
29% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
