PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between FiveX Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carwin comes to the ring accompanied by big hands. Drago comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SuperBeast kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ivan Drago has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carwin
vs
Drago

166 cm
25
289 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

197 cm
25
245 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, FiveX Carwin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ivan Drago!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin misses with a leg kick.

Carwin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Drago!
Drago is wriggling around trying to escape.
Carwin controlling from mount.
Carwin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Drago wants to control but Carwin is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin controlling his opponent.
Carwin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Drago is looking to escape.
Drago tries to hold on but Carwin pushes him away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Drago is wriggling around trying to escape.
Drago is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carwin controlling from mount.
Drago manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Drago is trying to maintain the position but Carwin is very close to passing his half guard.
Carwin is controlling the pace.
Drago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

The referee stands the fighters back up. FiveX Carwin just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Drago lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carwin at a distance.
Carwin avoids the body shot from Drago.
Carwin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drago throws out the jab.
Ivan Drago is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drago misses with the combination.
Drago dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carwin is breathing heavily.
Drago scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drago misses with an uppercut. Carwin saw that one coming.
Drago avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Drago dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drago is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carwin.
Carwin misses with a hook to the body
and Drago counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carwin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A jab from Drago finds it's way through Carwin's defenses.

It looks like FiveX Carwin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drago misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carwin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Drago misses with a straight right.
Drago misses with a hook. Carwin ducked under it nicely.
Carwin tries to move into range but Drago moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Drago is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Carwin rather than just go for the knockout.
Drago misses with a body shot.
Drago lands a nice looking body shot.
Drago tests Carwin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A slow jab from Drago misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Drago drops Carwin with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Carwin looks back up at him and smiles so Drago waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Carwin is rocked!
Drago fakes the body blow, causing Carwin to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Carwin goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ivan Drago!
Ivan Drago is the new heavyweight champion!