PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles has chosen Sweet Child O' Mine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jay Carr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ray Charles's chin.

Carr
vs
Charles

187 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jay Carr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ray Charles!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carr misses with a takedown
and Charles counters with a stiff right hand.

Carr fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Charles, pushing him back against the cage.
Charles gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Jay Carr has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Charles just misses with a elbow thrown towards Carr's brow.

Carr successfully pulls guard.
Carr is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Carr looking to control.

Carr looking for a guillotine here but Charles defends easily.
Carr has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Charles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles throws a big elbow that misses.
Charles stopping the sweep attempt from Carr.

Charles got a little sloppy there for a moment and Carr has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charles has managed to get both his arms back between Carr's legs - danger averted.
Carr trying to control the position.
Charles postures up in Carr's guard and throws a big left but Carr blocks it.
Charles looking to pass the guard.
Charles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Carr utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Charles throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr is trying to keep Charles in close.
Charles must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Carr preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Charles preventing the sweep.
Carr is breathing heavily.
Charles is looking to work some ground and pound but Carr has wrist control.
Charles throws an elbow that misses. Carr uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Charles's guard. Nice move by Carr!
Carr trying to control but Charles is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Jay Carr wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carr paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carr closes the distance and clinches up with Charles, looking for a takedown. Carr pushes Charles against the cage but Charles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Charles has Carr up against the cage in a clinch.
Carr tries for a takedown but Charles manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Charles manages to break the clinch.
Carr tries to clinch up.
Charles lands a jab-cross combination.
Charles misses with a series of wild punches.
Carr fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Charles checks it well.
Charles wants to clinch up but Carr keeps it at a distance.
Charles wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carr fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Charles drives through and clinches with Carr against the cage.
Charles with a knee to the head.
Charles with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carr avoids a wild elbow strike from Charles.

Charles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles wants to clinch but Carr slips to the side

and Carr counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Carr is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Charles sees it coming and defends easily.
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 Jay Carr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jay Carr's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Charles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carr's calf.
Carr throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Carr off to one side.
Charles tries to clinch but Carr moves out of range.
Charles blocks the body kick.

Charles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Carr, pushing him back against the cage.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Carr trying to control the position but instead, Charles has worked for underhooks and has pushed Carr into the cage.
Carr is trying to pull guard but Charles turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Charles is breathing heavily.
Carr fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Charles misses with an elbow over the top.
Charles throws a knee to the head but misses.
Charles throws an elbow but it misses.
Charles connects with a knee to the head.

Carr manages to break the clinch.
Charles moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jay Carr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carr throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range.
Charles stuffs the takedown attempt from Carr. Carr gets slowly back to his feet.
Carr swats away the attempt to clinch by Charles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carr has a takedown stuffed.
Carr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Charles counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carr shoots in for a takedown but Charles shows good takedown defense.
Sloppy strikes from Charles. Those never looked like landing.
Ray Charles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Charles blocks a head kick by Carr.
Charles throws a nice head kick!
Carr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Charles is fending him off so far but Carr persists. Nope, Charles circles away and we're back to standing.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Carr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Charles wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice sprawl there from Charles as Carr shoots in.
Charles wants to clinch up but Carr keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Carr.
Charles misses with the combination.
Carr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carr circles away quickly and effectively.

Charles tries to keep at a distance but Carr has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles working hard to break the clinch.
Charles prevents a body shot from Carr.
Charles misses with a knee to the head.
Charles throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Carr tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Carr avoids the elbow strike from Charles, against the cage.
Carr swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carr fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Carr is looking to break free of the clinch but Charles has double underhooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Charles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Carr is trying to break the clinch but Charles has him pressed against the cage.
Charles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Carr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Charles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jay Carr's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Carr throws a sloppy head kick and Charles moves out of range easily.
Jay Carr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carr tries to score a power double leg takedown but Charles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Carr somewhat.
A head kick misses from Charles.
Charles stuffs the takedown.
Carr misses with a wild body shot.
Charles tries to clinch but Carr is having none of it.
Charles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Carr circles away quickly and effectively.
Charles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Carr shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr landing shots from mount.
Carr controlling from the full mount.

Carr is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Charles does no damage.
Carr shoots in and drives through. Charles sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Charles tries to clinch up but Carr circles away and keeps his distance.
Charles tries a head kick but it misses.
Charles tries to clinch but Carr is having none of it.
Carr fails with the takedown.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Charles.
Charles avoids the head kick by Carr.
Carr misses with the body kick

and Charles counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carr wants a takedown.
Charles lands an elbow inside.
Carr changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Charles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ray Charles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carr shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charles defends it nicely.
Carr shoots for a takedown but Charles saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Carr has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Charles wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch but Carr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carr throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Charles's waist but Charles gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Carr off to one side.
Charles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Charles keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles is looking to clinch but Carr is avoiding it.
Carr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carr misses with a head kick.
Charles with a nice cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jay Carr.
I think Carr has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jay Carr!