PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamarcus Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Carwin
vs
Johnson

190 cm
22
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
210 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jamarcus Johnson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Johnson.
Carwin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carwin lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson throws a series of punches but Carwin avoids them all with ease.
Johnson lands a two punch combo.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carwin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Carwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carwin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carwin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Johnson thinking.
Carwin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carwin misses with a combination
and Johnson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Johnson finds it's target.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Carwin slips under a jab from Johnson.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson scores with a body shot.
Carwin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carwin scores with a jab.
Carwin ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Carwin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Carwin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
enabling Carwin to counter with a crisp jab.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Carwin counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carwin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Johnson moves away.
Carwin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sloppy strikes from Johnson. Those never looked like landing.
Carwin lands with an overhand left.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson looks gassed!
Carwin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Carwin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Carwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carwin lands the left hand.
Johnson walks into a jab.
Carwin misses with a double jab
and Johnson counters with a straight right hand.
Carwin lands a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson takes one on the button.
Johnson takes one to the chin there.
Johnson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnson throws an overhand right that lands on Carwin's shoulder, as Carwin tries to avoid the shot.
Carwin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carwin tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Johnson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Carwin counters with a nice body shot.
Carwin needs to keep his hands up - Johnson had a free shot at his head there.
Johnson misses the shot to the body.
Carwin thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carwin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carwin dips to his left and cracks Johnson with an uppercut!
Johnson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carwin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Johnson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
Carwin lands a glancing blow to the side of Johnson's head.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Carwin moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Carwin lands a left and a right that send Johnson crashing to the mat, dazed. Carwin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Johnson is rocked!

It looks like Jamarcus Johnson has been cut.
Johnson takes a swing at Carwin's ribcage but misses.
Johnson is still on wobbly legs! Can Carwin finish him?
Johnson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Carwin lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carwin is looking to score with low kicks.
Carwin thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Carwin wants to slow Johnson down by chopping away at his legs.
A jab from Carwin finds it's way through Johnson's defenses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Carwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamarcus Johnson's cut.
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.

Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Johnson seems to have recovered his senses.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Carwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carwin takes one to the chin there.
Johnson misses with a hook.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Carwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Johnson misses with a looping left.
Johnson misses with a body punch
and Carwin counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
Johnson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Charles Carwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Carwin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Carwin smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Carwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Johnson checks a leg kick.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Carwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson misses with a straight left.
Johnson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Carwin!

Carwin cracks Johnson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Carwin has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Johnson to stand back up!
Carwin swinging wildly here.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Carwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Carwin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Carwin avoids the body shot from Johnson.
Johnson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Carwin counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin lands a lovely overhand right.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Carwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carwin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Carwin connects with a single shot there.
Johnson takes one to the side of the head.
Carwin moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Carwin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson walks into a left hand.
Carwin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johnson can do to turn this around?
Carwin tests Johnson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Carwin moved out of range nicely.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Carwin counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson needs to keep his hands up - Carwin had a free shot at his head there.
Carwin misses with a low kick as Johnson jumps back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carwin.
A jab from Johnson misses.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carwin.
Johnson misses the body punch
and Carwin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Johnson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Carwin has got the better of the exchanges.
Carwin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Carwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Johnson misses with a hook to the body
and Carwin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Johnson misses with a hook. Carwin ducked under it nicely.
Carwin throws a head kick that misses.
Carwin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Carwin connects with a looping right hand.
Carwin throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
enabling Carwin to counter with a crisp jab.
Carwin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jamarcus Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carwin moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Johnson.
No joy there for Carwin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Carwin stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carwin lands a nice looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carwin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carwin digs a good hook to Johnson's body.
Johnson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Carwin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jamarcus Johnson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carwin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Johnson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Johnson throws out a loose jab but Carwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carwin moves out of range as Johnson strikes.
Johnson throws a predictable looking body shot
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Carwin counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at Carwin to acknowledge the strikes.
Carwin throws a nice looking combination but Johnson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Johnson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carwin at a distance.
Johnson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Carwin throws a leg kick but Johnson checks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Johnson throws a shot from downtown. Carwin moves away and avoids it.
Johnson misses with a looping right.
Johnson jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Johnson jabs Carwin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Carwin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Johnson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carwin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Carwin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Carwin ducks under a wild hook from Johnson.
Johnson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Carwin misses with a series of wild punches.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carwin moves away.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Johnson misses with a jab to the body
and Carwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin tries to bum rush Johnson with a series of wild strikes but Johnson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Johnson throws a nice looking combination but Carwin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Johnson loads up on a big right hand but Carwin slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Carwin, as that shot connected.
Carwin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Johnson misses with a body shot.
Carwin throws a front kick aimed at Johnson's knee but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Carwin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Carwin is just out of range.
Carwin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Charles Carwin is winning the standup battle so far.
Carwin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson looks to land a left hand but Carwin moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carwin moves away.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Carwin counters with a straight right hand.
Carwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Johnson.
A punch lands to the side of Johnson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Carwin throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Jamarcus Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson thows a body shot but no joy.
Johnson misses with a combination
and Carwin counters with a stiff right hand.
Johnson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Johnson scores with a sloppy right hand. Carwin should have avoided that one.
Carwin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carwin slips a straight right by Johnson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a sloppy body shot
and Carwin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Carwin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A left lands for Carwin.
Johnson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Carwin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carwin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Johnson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Carwin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Carwin misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson misses with a double jab
and Carwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Johnson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Charles Carwin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Johnson shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Carwin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Carwin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carwin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Carwin!