PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sub Zero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sub Zero acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Carr
vs
Zero

160 cm
22
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

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Amber Swan CBK

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Carr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sub Zero!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carr shoots in but Zero avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zero gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Carr counters with a single leg into guard. Zero didn't expect that.
Carr is in close to Zero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carr might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Carr preventing the sweep.
Carr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Carr scoring with some ground and pound.
Carr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Carr stands up over Zero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Carr preventing the sweep.
Carr landing some decent shots from guard.
Carr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Carr is in close to Zero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zero lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Carr!

Zero looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Zero has control of Carr's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Carr regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zero jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Carr manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Carr is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Zero off and has taken his back!
Carr doesn't have the hooks in and Zero manages to turn into his guard.

Zero thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Zero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Zero looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carr throws a couple of heel strikes.
Carr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zero on the ground.
Zero is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Carr throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Carr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two 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.
Carr throws a couple of heel strikes.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zero shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Carr but Carr pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Carr has his takedown stuffed

and Zero counters with a nice double leg into side control. Carr won't be happy with that.

Zero tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zero has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Carr throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

Zero tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zero has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Zero is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Carr has escaped the position, nice work there.
Carr is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Zero seems to be looking for submissions.

Zero is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Carr has managed to free his arm - good work.

Zero seems to be working for a kimura but Carr defends the submission attempt.
Carr is trying to get back to full guard.
Carr throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Carr is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Carr with a lazy takedown attempt

and Zero decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Carr's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ronald Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carr throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Zero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Zero postures up.
Zero stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carr swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Carr is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Zero makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Zero.
Zero lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Carr!
Carr on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Carr tries to get out of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Zero is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Carr to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Carr shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sub Zero dominated that round.
That's time! Carr's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Carr shoots and misses

and Zero counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Carr's guard now.
Carr trying to strike off his back.

Zero drops back looking for a leg! Carr is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carr manages to kick Zero off! Zero jumps back into Carr's guard.
Carr lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Sub Zero has got the better of the ground game so far.
Carr strikes from his own guard.

Zero drops back looking for a leg! Carr is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carr manages to kick Zero off! Zero jumps back into Carr's guard.
Carr striking off his back but it's not causing Zero any problems.

Zero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Carr trying to strike off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Carr with a poor takedown

and Zero counters with a shoot takedown. Carr fights it but they end up in guard.

Zero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Zero drops back looking for a leg! Carr is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Carr manages to kick Zero off! Zero jumps back into Carr's guard.

Zero is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Carr is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Carr has escaped and now he's on top!
Carr chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Zero bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Carr's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Zero is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Carr striking off his back but it's not causing Zero any problems.

Zero thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Zero drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zero jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carr doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Zero thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Zero drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Zero jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carr striking off his back, scoring a few points.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Zero shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Carr counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Zero has a hand on Carr's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Carr takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Zero is working to get back to half guard.
Carr looking to finish Zero with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zero!
Carr throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
A nice elbow there by Carr.
Zero tries to reverse the position but Carr maintains control.
Carr cracks Zero with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zero tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Carr with good strikes from the mount here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zero is wriggling around trying to escape.
Zero is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Carr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Carr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Zero's face.
Carr throwing strikes here but Zero is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Zero regains half guard.
Carr not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Zero gets back to full guard.
Zero looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Zero working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Carr has passed into half guard!
Carr is nestled in close to Zero, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sub Zero showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Carr with a poor takedown

and Zero counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Zero is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Carr defends it well.

Zero is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Zero is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Zero is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Carr doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zero.
Carr striking from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Zero blocks the strikes from Carr.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Zero is looking for a kimura here.
Carr is looking to improve his position.
Carr throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Carr stuffs the takedown attempt from Zero. Zero gets slowly back to his feet.
Carr fails with the takedown

and Zero counters with a nice double leg into side control. Carr won't be happy with that.

Zero is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Carr is trying to escape and Zero transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Carr is forced to tap! Nice work there by Zero! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sub Zero!