PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Carbone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and pile driver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carbone
vs
driver

189 cm
22
133 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pedro Carbone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, pile driver!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carbone tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
driver tries to clinch but Carbone moves away
and Carbone counters with a two punch combo.
driver wants to clinch
letting Carbone counter with a right hand.

Carbone has closed the distance and engaged driver in a clinch.
driver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Carbone lands an elbow just above driver 's eye.
Carbone lands with a short shot to the head.
driver tries to score a body lock takedown but Carbone shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
driver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carbone gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Carbone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carbone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Carbone fails to land.
driver is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Carbone pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pedro Carbone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of pile driver.
Carbone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
driver fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Carbone lands a hook that snaps the head of driver backwards.
Carbone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but driver is keeping busy.
Carbone throws a punch but it's blocked by driver.
Carbone tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
driver fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
driver tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carbone is trying to work for a single leg takedown but driver pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Carbone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
driver looking for a takedown.
driver keeps control of Carbone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
driver jumps guard but Carbone stands there with driver around his waist. driver gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

driver has Carbone pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. driver pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Carbone tumbling to the mat - driver dives into Carbone's guard.
Carbone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
driver looks gassed!
Carbone wants to sweep but no luck.
Carbone keeping moving, preventing driver from controlling successfully.
Carbone keeping full guard, as driver tries to pass.
driver slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carbone trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
driver sitting in guard, not really doing much.
driver wants to control from the top but Carbone keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
driver stopping the sweep attempt from Carbone.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
driver tries to clinch
and Carbone counters with a head kick. That will keep driver thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
driver lands a right hook to the body.
Carbone swinging wilding here.
Carbone throws a sloppy head kick and driver moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
driver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carbone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on driver. That did some damage!
Carbone misses with a double jab.
driver shoots in but no luck this time.
driver has a takedown stuffed.
Carbone plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A left and a right from Carbone both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Carbone misses.
Carbone misses with a head kick.
Carbone throws a right hand that driver ducks under and follows up with a left that driver also avoids with ease.
Pedro Carbone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
driver looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carbone is fending him off so far but driver persists. Nope, Carbone circles away and we're back to standing.
driver is looking to clinch but Carbone is avoiding it.
driver blocks a head kick by Carbone.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
driver wants to clinch up but Carbone keeps it at a distance.
driver tries to clinch but Carbone moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Carbone. No joy for driver on that attempt.
Carbone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carbone tries a head kick but it misses.
A slow jab from Carbone misses its intended target.
driver tries for a takedown but Carbone sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Carbone closes the distance and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carbone.
driver avoids a wild elbow strike from Carbone.
driver jumps guard but Carbone stands there with driver around his waist. driver gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
driver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Carbone gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Carbone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Carbone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Carbone just misses with a elbow thrown towards driver's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Carbone dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

driver shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. driver showed some decent athleticism there.
driver frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
driver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
driver looking to control and managing it successfully.
driver landing punches.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, driver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Carbone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

driver has hold of Carbone's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Carbone manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Carbone is trying to escape the mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
driver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Carbone here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
driver lands a heavy elbow.
Carbone tries to get back to half guard but can't.
driver looking to control and managing it successfully.
driver landing strikes from the mount and Carbone is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Carbone is working to get back to half guard.
driver controlling from the full mount.
driver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carbone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
driver looking to control but Carbone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
driver controlling his opponent.
Carbone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Carbone is bucking up trying to escape but driver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
driver content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
driver in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
driver landing strikes, looking to finish!
driver controlling from mount.
Carbone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for driver on the ground.
Carbone is in a horrible position here. driver smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carbone is looking to get to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

pile driver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Carbone lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Carbone throws a right hand that driver ducks under and follows up with a left that driver also avoids with ease.
Carbone's corner calls for a 1-2. Carbone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

driver looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
driver trying to control the action but Carbone is working from the bottom.
Still in half guard, driver seems content to control.
Carbone tries to roll over but driver keeps him under control.

Carbone looking for submissions off his back.
driver uses his free foot to push down on Carbone's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Carbone.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
driver content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, driver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

driver looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Carbone is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
driver lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
driver working away from the top, dropping strikes.
driver lands a big elbow.
driver controlling from mount.
driver lands a big elbow.
driver tries to control but Carbone wriggling away.
Carbone really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Carbone wants to control but driver is having none of it.
Carbone on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Carbone tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

driver looking to isolate an arm here. Carbone doesn't see it coming and as driver extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by driver!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). pile driver!