PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quentin John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Carwin
vs
John

194 cm
26
250 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

186 cm
21
242 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Quentin John!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John throws out a loose jab but Carwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
John lands a nice looking body shot.
John lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carwin circles away quickly and effectively.
John drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carwin misses the body punch
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carwin misses with a wild combination.
John looks to land a combination but Carwin avoids it well.
John misses with a combination
and Carwin counters with a stiff right hand.
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John misses with a jab to the body
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
John looks to land a combination. Carwin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Shane Carwin has been cut.
Carwin misses with a combination
and John counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carwin is breathing heavily.
Carwin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract John.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John misses with the combination.
John throws a sloppy body shot
and Carwin counters with a series of strikes. John will be more careful next time no doubt.
Carwin works John's body with a nice hook.
John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carwin avoids the body shot from John.
John throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carwin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
John misses with a combination
and Carwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Carwin is just out of range.
John misses the shot to the body.
John misses with a few strikes there.
John thows a body shot but no joy.
Quentin John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carwin just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from John misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
John swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carwin moves away from the strike by John.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carwin.
John fails to land with a series of punches.
Carwin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
John takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carwin swings away with a body shot that misses
and John connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
John scores with a hook to the body. Carwin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
John swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carwin counters with a one-two to the body.
John misses the shot to the body.
Carwin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Carwin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from John finds it's way round the side to connect with Carwin's head.
Carwin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carwin dodges the punch combination from John.
Carwin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin misses with a hook to the body
and John counters with a left to the body.
John misses with a looping left.
John throws a sloppy body shot
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
John dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John misses with a double jab
and Carwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Carwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
John misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carwin.
John throws a shot from downtown. Carwin moves away and avoids it.
Carwin slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from John. Carwin does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carwin. John does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
John thows a body shot but no joy.
A combination from Carwin does no damage.
John fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carwin manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from John misses.
John swings for the body but Carwin moves out of range.
John throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
John misses with a hook to the body
and Carwin counters with a three punch combo that has John backing up. John nods at Carwin to acknowledge the strikes.
John lands with a shot to the body.
John misses with a body punch
and Carwin counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
John misses with a wild body shot.
Carwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
John misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quentin John dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Carwin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Carwin avoids a punch combination nicely.
John swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carwin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from John.
John misses with a wild combination.
Carwin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carwin misses with a hook.
John misses with a few strikes there.
Carwin is looking to wear down John with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
John goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Quentin John is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carwin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John misses with a body punch
and Carwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
John jabs Carwin right on the nose. Carwin blinks but takes it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
John misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
John throws a sloppy body shot
and Carwin counters with a left and a right that stings John.
Carwin scores with a nice strike.
Carwin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. John looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
John misses the shot to the body.
John sizes up Carwin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Carwin lands a slapping body shot.
John drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
John is breathing heavily.
John keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carwin.
John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Carwin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin scores with a hook.
John fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
John swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
John misses with a double jab
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carwin scores with a one two! John had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Quentin John has been cut.
John throws a jab when Carwin was well out of range.
Carwin cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
John falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A jab from Carwin does it's job there.
John swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carwin swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but John moves away.
A punch lands to the side of John 's head but he takes it in his stride.
John misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
John takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Carwin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches John on the side of the head.
Carwin lands a slapping body shot.
Carwin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Carwin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. John looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carwin lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carwin lands a nice hook to John's body. John takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shane Carwin is winning the standup battle so far.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carwin.
Carwin scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
John misses with a hook to the body
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carwin throws a shot to the body.
John takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carwin misses with a wild body shot.
Carwin lands a body shot.
Carwin lands with an overhand left.
John misses with a hook to the body
and Carwin counters with a left to the body.
Carwin scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carwin connects with a body shot.
Carwin scores with a shot to the body.
Carwin scores with a jab. John acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Carwin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Carwin catches John with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
John throws a sloppy body shot
and Carwin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carwin lands with a shot to the body.
John misses with a double jab
and John takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carwin lands a jab-cross combination.
John misses the body punch
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John takes a body punch but keeps moving.
John takes one to the side of the head.
Carwin lands with an uppercut that bounces John off the cage and back into rage.
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 works over John's head and body with a nice combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
John takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

John is rocked!
Carwin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Carwin.
John is still on wobbly legs! Can Carwin finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Carwin.
John seems to have recovered his senses.
Carwin lands with a nice body punch.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carwin.
The fighters circling - John throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Carwin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Carwin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of John's head.
John throws a combination that misses
and Carwin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carwin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Carwin lands a right hook to the body.
Carwin lands a lovely overhand right.
Carwin throws a combination. John tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carwin swinging wildly here.
John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carwin slips a jab from John.
Carwin lands a slapping body shot.
Carwin cracks John with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Carwin scores with a hook.
Carwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carwin.
Carwin slips a straight right by John.
The fighters circling - John throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
John misses with a wild combination.
John swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
John takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A decent looking cross lands there for Carwin.
A shot to the body from John misses
and Carwin counters with a right hand to the body.
John has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carwin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That has opened up Quentin John's cut even more.
John takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carwin misses with a wild body shot.
John misses with a hook to the body
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Carwin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but John manages to avoid it.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but John might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Carwin has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice body punch from Carwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but John moves away.
John swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carwin throws a lazy right hand but John sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carwin misses with a jab to the body
and John counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but John moves away.
John swings away with a body shot that misses
and Carwin counters with a left to the body.
Carwin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
John misses with a double jab
and Carwin counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carwin scores with a three punch combo!
Carwin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
John misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Carwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carwin 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Carwin!