PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Carrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Wayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as John Wayne enters the cage!

Carrow
vs
Wayne

175 cm
26
163 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

175 cm
27
163 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, James Carrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wayne!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Joseph Jones and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wayne throws a sloppy body shot
and Carrow counters with a stiff right hand.
Carrow slips under a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wayne.
Wayne throws a lazy uppercut
and Carrow connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carrow walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wayne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Wayne closes the distance and clinches.

Wayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wayne misses with an uppercut
and Carrow counters with a stiff right hand.
Wayne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Carrow.
Wayne misses with a hook

and Carrow counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Carrow in particular looking to stall.
Wayne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carrow.
Wayne looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carrow thows a huge punch but Wayne dodges it nicely.
Wayne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carrow.
Carrow wants to control but Wayne is keeping him busy.
Carrow throwing shots but Wayne is blocking nicely.

Carrow is working for a kimura but Wayne is defending it quite comfortably.
Wayne is looking to control Carrow's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wayne avoid being mounted?
Carrow throwing shots but Wayne is blocking nicely.
Carrow wants to free his trapped foot but Wayne is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Carrow has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Wayne is defending against the submission attempts here by Carrow.

That's two 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.
Carrow stops Wayne from getting back to his feet.
Wayne is looking to improve his position.
Carrow working over Wayne with some ground and pound. Wayne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wayne is concentrating on defense, preventing Carrow from advancing position.
Carrow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Carrow passes to full mount!
Wayne is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Carrow landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Carrow looking to control but Wayne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Carrow is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Wayne has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Wayne!
Wayne won't allow Carrow to sweep him here.
Carrow is looking to sweep but instead, Wayne has passed into half guard.
Carrow is looking to improve his position.
Carrow keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are battling for position here. Carrow manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carrow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Wayne avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Wayne wants to control from the top but Carrow keeps moving.
Wayne in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carrow wants to sweep but no luck.

Carrow throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Wayne escapes and throws Carrow's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Carrow takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Wayne tries to clinch up but Carrow circles away and keeps his distance.
Wayne misses with a lunging right hand
and Carrow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wayne walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carrow checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wayne misses with a right hand
letting Carrow counter with a right hand.
Carrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wayne throws an overhand right that lands on Carrow's shoulder, as Carrow tries to avoid the shot.
Wayne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Carrow.
Carrow shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wayne defends it nicely.
Wayne misses with a left hand
and Carrow counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carrow checks a leg kick.
Wayne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Carrow stuffs the takedown.
Wayne fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wayne misses with a telegraphed body shot

so Carrow counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Wayne looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carrow lands a couple of elbows.
Wayne has momentary wrist control but Carrow slips an elbow through the middle.
Carrow is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wayne wants to sweep here but Carrow controlling him for the moment.
Carrow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Carrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
James Carrow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carrow is in close to Wayne's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Carrow trying to control but Wayne is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carrow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wayne is keeping the position for now.
Carrow with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carrow is fighting to break Wayne's control of his arms but Wayne is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Wayne wants to sweep but no luck.
Carrow postures up in Wayne's guard and throws a big left but Wayne blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carrow throws and elbow that misses. Wayne uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Carrow's guard. Nice move by Wayne!

Carrow throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Carrow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carrow is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wayne is aware though and is defending well.

Carrow working for a triangle but Wayne defends it easily.
Wayne won't allow Carrow to sweep him here.
Carrow is working hard here to advance position.
Carrow is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Carrow is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wayne is aware though and is defending well.

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.

Carrow working for submissions but it's allowed Wayne to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wayne lands with a punch from half guard.
Carrow makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carrow.
Wayne must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wayne stands and throws Carrow's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Carrow gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Wayne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Carrow dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Wayne misses with a hook
enabling Carrow to counter with a crisp jab.
Wayne misses with a left hand
and Carrow counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Carrow feints and as Wayne raises his hands in defense, Carrow changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Carrow tries to free his leg and advance position but Wayne is retaining full guard.
Wayne tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Carrow throwing strikes from guard but Wayne blocks nicely.
Wayne wants to stand up but Carrow is controlling him.
Carrow in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Carrow passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Carrow is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Wayne is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wayne defending against the ground and pound.
Carrow scoring with punches and elbows.

Carrow tries for a kimura but Wayne is defending well.
Carrow scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wayne to see if he's OK.
Carrow lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Wayne down.
Wayne dodges the ground and pound from Carrow.
Carrow fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Carrow tries to move into full mount but can't pass Wayne's legs.
Carrow throws a strike aimed at the side of Wayne's head but Wayne avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carrow working the head with strikes.
Carrow is working Wayne over with some ground and pound from side control.

Carrow is trying to get an arm triangle but Wayne is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes there by Carrow.
Wayne prevents Carrow from improving position.
Carrow working away.
James Carrow is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wayne is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Carrow is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carrow tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carrow has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Carrow trying to control the position but Wayne is working away.
Carrow tries to move to mount but Wayne blocks the move with his legs.

Carrow swings around for an armbar but Wayne sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Carrow's guard.
Wayne preventing the sweep.
Carrow trying to control the position.
Wayne looking to sit in guard and control but Carrow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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.

Wayne is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Carrow is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wayne keeping moving, preventing Carrow from controlling successfully.
Carrow throws a strike but Wayne rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
John Wayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carrow is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Carrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carrow, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Carrow!