PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Dalton (ranked 2855 p4p, 3201 weight class) and Diego Carpio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Dalton
vs
Carpio

186 cm
25
160
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
155
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimbo Dalton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Diego Carpio!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpio throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dalton seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

Carpio has taken the fight to the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dalton blocking some punches.
Dalton stalling in the clinch but Carpio improves position.
Dalton wants a takedown.
A knee to the head by Carpio.
Dalton takes a shot to the head.
Carpio tries a body shot but Dalton blocks it.
Dalton avoiding damage as Carpio throws knees to the body.
Carpio avoiding damage as Dalton throws knees to the body.
Carpio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Carpio swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Carpio to work.

Dalton has clasped his hands together around Carpio's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

Carpio explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Diego Carpio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dalton lands a right hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Carpio.

Carpio has closed the distance and engaged Dalton in a clinch.
Dalton is trying to pull guard but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Dalton pulls guard.
Dalton has his hands on Carpio's head, controlling the position.
Dalton keeping moving, preventing Carpio from controlling successfully.
Dalton working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Carpio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio preventing the sweep.
Carpio controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carpio wanted to stand there but Dalton had control of the position.
Carpio seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Carpio clinches up with Dalton and pushes him back against the cage.
Carpio is struggling to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Dalton is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carpio.
Carpio lands a hook that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Carpio lands an uppercut.
Carpio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carpio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dalton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Carpio is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carpio landing knees to the head.
Carpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dalton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carpio lands a shoulder strike.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Carpio misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carpio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Carpio has Dalton pressed against the cage.
Carpio lands with a light punch inside.
Carpio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Carpio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dalton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Carpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carpio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Good body shot from Carpio.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carpio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Carpio dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carpio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Carpio has managed to clinch.
Carpio is pressed up against the cage. Dalton has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Carpio down to the mat. Carpio avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Carpio closes the distance and clinches.
Carpio lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carpio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Dalton pulls guard.

Dalton is working an open guard so Carpio takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Carpio drives through and clinches with Dalton against the cage.
Carpio lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Carpio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dalton managing to block the knees to the body from Carpio.
Carpio lands a knee to the head.

Dalton is rocked!
Carpio working the clinch nicely. Dalton is working for position but Carpio cracks him with a big knee to the head! Dalton crumples up against the cage and Carpio lands two more shots before the ref can save Dalton! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Diego Carpio!