PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Patricio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patricio comes to the cage accompanied by COWBOYS FROM HELL. Ronald Carr has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Patricio
vs
Carr

163 cm
22
130 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

160 cm
22
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

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Amber Swan CBK

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Patricio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ronald Carr!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Patricio.

Carr shoots in and bounces Patricio off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Patricio manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carr can do anything to dispel that myth.
Patricio lands with some strikes.
Patricio landing shots from mount.
Carr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Carr tries to lock up and control but Patricio gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Carr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Patricio is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Carr has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Carr tries to lock up and control but Patricio gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Carr flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Patricio unloads with some shots from mount but Carr bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr is looking to improve his position but Patricio isn't that keen on the idea.
Carr throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Carr swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Carr can't escape the position.
Carr throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Carr is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Carr flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Carr looks gassed!
Patricio landing punches.
Carr flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Carr bucks up and throws Patricio to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Carr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patricio swivels and escapes.
Patricio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carr circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patricio shoots in for a takedown but Carr shows good takedown defense.
Patricio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Carr backs up against the cage.

It looks like Ronald Carr has been cut.
Patricio shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Carr sprawls well. Carr wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Patricio gets slowly back to his feet.
Patricio scores with a sloppy right hand. Carr should have avoided that one.
Carr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Patricio moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Carr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Patricio with a poor takedown

and Carr counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Patricio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Carr is looking for a kimura but Patricio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Carr to get the leverage.

Carr seems to be looking for submissions.

Carr is looking for a kimura but Patricio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Carr to get the leverage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

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

Carr seems to be working for a kimura but Patricio defends the submission attempt.

Carr is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Patricio is just riding it out for now. Carr eventually gives up the hold.

Carr is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Patricio sees it coming and defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Carr is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Patricio sees it coming and defends easily.
Carr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Carr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patricio swivels and escapes.
Carr takes one to the chin there.
Patricio tries for a takedown but Carr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Carr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carr tries to advance to mount but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Adrian Patricio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ronald Carr's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carr decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

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

Patricio manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Patricio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Patricio moves in looking to clinch but Carr pushes him off.

Carr feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Carr has gone for a leg lock! Patricio slips out almost immediately though and dives into Carr's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carr will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Carr punching from the bottom - just letting Patricio know he's still in a fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patricio postures up.
Patricio stopping the sweep attempt from Carr.
Carr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Patricio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Patricio connects with a couple of short punches.
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.

Carr is working for a submission of some sort.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Carr is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Patricio is just riding it out for now. Carr eventually gives up the hold.
Carr wants to free his trapped foot but Patricio is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carr is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Patricio sees it coming and defends easily.

Carr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Patricio looks like he's trying to stand up.
Patricio trying to control here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Carr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Carr decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Patricio digs a good body shot into Carr's ribs.

Carr is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Patricio's half guard.
Carr wants to free his trapped foot but Patricio is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Carr is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Carr decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Carr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ronald Carr's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Carr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Carr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

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

Carr 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Patricio manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Carr is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Patricio throwing strikes from guard but Carr blocks nicely.
Carr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Patricio closes the distance and clinches up with Carr, looking for a takedown. Patricio pushes Carr against the cage but Carr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Carr slips a straight right by Patricio.

Carr throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Patricio was covering up waiting for the punch and Carr finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Carr 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Carr gets to his feet - Patricio follows without any prompting.
Patricio stuffs the takedown attempt from Carr. Carr gets slowly back to his feet.
Carr takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Patricio gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Carr to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Carr tries to free his leg and advance position but Patricio is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Carr passes into half guard.

Carr is trying to work for a kimura but Patricio is defending well.

Carr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Patricio doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Carr.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Carr seems to be working for a kimura but Patricio defends the submission attempt.
Carr wants to pass to mount but Patricio is defending the position.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Carr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Carr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Carr!