PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between brock mir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

mir
vs
Carwin

194 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, brock mir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Shane Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
mir fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
mir shoots in for a takedown but Carwin shows good takedown defense.
mir shoots in but Carwin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for brock mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
mir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Carwin defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
mir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Carwin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by mir.
brock mir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carwin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Carwin does no damage.
mir has a takedown stuffed.
Carwin lands a jab-cross combination.
mir is breathing heavily.
mir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carwin as he jumps to the side.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
mir fails with a takedown attempt.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carwin scores with a three punch combo!
mir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carwin is fending him off so far but mir persists. Nope, Carwin circles away and we're back to standing.
Carwin throws a series of punches but mir avoids them all with ease.
Carwin should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
mir tries to score a power double leg takedown but Carwin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten mir somewhat.
A combination from Carwin does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carwin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
A punch combination from Carwin misses.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
mir has a takedown stuffed.
Carwin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Shane Carwin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but mir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carwin is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
mir fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Carwin avoids it really well and circles away.
Carwin throws a combination. mir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Carwin lands with a nice combination. mir backs away looking to recover.
Carwin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.
mir has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carwin lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carwin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
mir takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Carwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
mir shoots in looking for a takedown. Carwin tries to sprawl out of it but mir keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Carwin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
mir slips a jab and a cross from Carwin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 combination.
Carwin slaps away a takedown attempt from mir, before circling back to the center of the mat.
mir avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Carwin misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carwin closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Carwin tries to bum rush mir with a series of wild strikes but mir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Carwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Carwin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Carwin stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Carwin wants it to stay on the feet.
mir misses with a takedown attempt - Carwin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
Shane Carwin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
mir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carwin as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for brock mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carwin tries to bum rush mir with a series of wild strikes but mir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
mir fails with a takedown attempt.
Carwin stalks mir and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into mir's face. mir staggers backwards, shaken.
Carwin looks to land a combination but mir avoids it well.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether mir might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mir circles away quickly and effectively.
mir shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Carwin as he jumps to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin lands with a nice combination. mir backs away looking to recover.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but mir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for mir. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
mir avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from mir.
Carwin moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but mir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carwin throws a series of punches but mir avoids them all with ease.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin tries to bum rush mir with a series of wild strikes but mir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
mir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin tries to bum rush mir with a series of wild strikes but mir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
mir dodges the punch combination from Carwin.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Carwin scores with a three punch combo!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Carwin!
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 few strikes there.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
mir tries to score a power double leg takedown but Carwin sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten mir somewhat.
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Carwin closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Carwin.
Carwin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin misses with a few strikes there.
mir has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carwin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carwin throws a right hand that mir ducks under and follows up with a left that mir also avoids with ease.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Carwin scores with a four punch combination!
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
mir takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Carwin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Carwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carwin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Carwin looks to land a combination but mir avoids it well.
mir avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
Carwin throws a series of punches but mir moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
mir shoots for a double leg takedown but Carwin sprawls well. He's pushed mir's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
mir dodges the punch combination from Carwin.
No joy there for Carwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Carwin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Carwin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
mir shoots in and drives through. Carwin sprawls well.
Carwin throws a right hand that mir ducks under and follows up with a left that mir also avoids with ease.
mir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carwin is fending him off so far but mir persists. Nope, Carwin circles away and we're back to standing.
mir has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Carwin scores with a three punch combo!
Carwin throws a series of punches but mir moves out of range.
Carwin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but mir circles away quickly and effectively.
Carwin misses with a double jab.
Carwin swinging wilding here.
Carwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
mir avoids a punch combination nicely.
mir looks for a takedown but Carwin sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for brock mir. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin fails to land with a series of punches.
mir shoots in for a takedown but Carwin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but mir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
mir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carwin.
mir slips a jab and a cross from Carwin.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
mir tries for a takedown but Carwin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Carwin scores with a three punch combo!
brock mir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carwin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Carwin swinging wilding here.
A combination from Carwin does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Carwin leaves mir with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin misses with a few strikes there.
Nice takedown defense from Carwin. No joy for mir on that attempt.
Carwin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
mir dodges the punch combination from Carwin.
Carwin lands a jab-cross combination.
A punch combination from Carwin misses.
mir dives in and grabs Carwin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Carwin pushes down on mir's head and hops out.
Well,mir is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carwin works over mir's head and body with a nice combination.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carwin misses with the combination.
Carwin tries to bum rush mir with a series of wild strikes but mir uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carwin lands with a nice combination. mir backs away looking to recover.
Carwin throws a right and a left that mir avoids nicely.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but mir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but mir bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
mir dodges the punch combination from Carwin.
Carwin looks to land a combination. mir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
brock mir has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
mir looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Carwin is fending him off so far but mir persists. Nope, Carwin circles away and we're back to standing.
mir slips a jab and a cross from Carwin.
A punch combination from Carwin misses.
mir falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a two punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Carwin.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carwin misses with a jab, cross combination.
mir falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Carwin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carwin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Shane Carwin!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Shane Carwin!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Shane Carwin!

Shane Carwin wins by unanimous decision!