PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Carpio (ranked 2614 p4p, 5425 weight class) and Nicolas Dudley (ranked 251 p4p, 423 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carpio
vs
Dudley

183 cm
25
155
3 - 0 - 0

175 cm
19
155
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Carpio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nicolas Dudley!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Bart Greer and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dudley moves away from the strike by Carpio.
Carpio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dudley circles away quickly and effectively.
Carpio is looking to clinch.

Carpio pushes Dudley up against the cage in a clinch.
Dudley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dudley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Carpio.
Dudley throws a punch but it's blocked by Carpio.
Carpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Nicolas Dudley has been cut.
Carpio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dudley up against the cage.
Carpio tries a body shot but Dudley blocks it.
Carpio is struggling to control the position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carpio.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carpio obliges.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carpio working aggressively here.
Dudley lands an uppercut.
Carpio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Dudley on the inside.
Dudley stalling in the clinch but Carpio improves position.
Carpio slowing the pace effectively.
Dudley dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Dudley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dudley misses with a punch on the inside.
Carpio lands a left hand.
A shot in the inside from Carpio.
Dudley lands with a right to the head.
Dudley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Dudley misses with the head strike.
Dudley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
Dudley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
I was talking to Carpio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Carpio taking a breather.
Carpio lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dudley works on Carpio's body with a couple of short punches.
Carpio lands a hook that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
Dudley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dudley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
A shot in the inside from Carpio.
Dudley misses with the head strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
A left hand lands to the body for Dudley.
Carpio trying to land knees to the body.
Dudley swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dudley is leaning against Carpio and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dudley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dudley pushes Carpio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Carpio lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dudley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dudley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Carpio blocking some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Carpio leaning against his opponent.
Dudley scores with a shot to the side of Carpio's head.
Dudley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carpio.
Dudley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carpio misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Carpio fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dudley.
Carpio slows down the pace here.
Carpio throws a head punch that misses.
Carpio trying to control the position but instead, Dudley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carpio into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dudley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Carpio is working Dudley over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Carpio fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dudley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dudley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Dudley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but Dudley blocks with his arms.
Carpio digs a right hand into Dudley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dudley's gas tank.
A short right from Dudley.

Carpio is rocked!
Dudley has a couple of punches blocked by Carpio.
A head punch on the inside from Dudley fails to land.
Dudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dudley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carpio lands a knee to the head.
Carpio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dudley throws a punch but it's blocked by Carpio.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nicolas Dudley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nicolas Dudley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Carpio rushes Dudley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dudley.
Dudley lands a right hand.
Oh Carpio is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dudley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carpio is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carpio can't find room to land a body shot as Dudley controls the action.
Dudley working aggressively here.
Carpio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carpio seems to have got his legs back now.
A short uppercut from Dudley.
Dudley working aggressively here.
Dudley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Carpio up against the cage.
Dudley misses with the head strike.
Dudley misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dudley pushes Carpio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nicolas Dudley seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Carpio has a couple of punches blocked by Dudley.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dudley backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dudley blocks an elbow strike.
Dudley throws a punch but it's blocked by Carpio.
Dudley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dudley misses with some punches.
Dudley taking a breather.
Carpio leaning against his opponent.
Carpio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carpio scores with a shot to the side of Dudley's head.
Carpio blocks an uppercut.
Dudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dudley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carpio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dudley lands a left hand.
Carpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Dudley lands an elbow inside.
Carpio effectively controlling the action here.
Dudley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dudley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dudley's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dudley swings wildly with an uppercut but Carpio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carpio missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio controlling the action here for a moment.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dudley lands with a short shot to the head.
Carpio misses with a punch on the inside.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dudley avoids it.
Dudley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Carpio backwards.
Dudley avoiding damage as Carpio throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Dudley.
Carpio taking a breather.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dudley misses with some punches.
Dudley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Carpio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Carpio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dudley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carpio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio tries to stall but Dudley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dudley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dudley creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Carpio with a big uppercut! Carpio tries to clinch up but Dudley pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Carpio to the mat! Carpio covers up and Dudley unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nicolas Dudley!
Nicolas Dudley thanked the fans post fight for their support.