PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Carson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dario Crews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crews comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Born on the FM Waves - Against Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Carson
vs
Crews

190 cm
22
240 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

198 cm
23
236 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Carson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dario Crews!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carson drives through and clinches with Crews against the cage.
Crews fails to pull guard.

Crews successfully pulls guard.
Carson throwing strikes from guard but Crews blocks nicely.
Carson throws a big elbow that misses.
Carson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Carson throws a big elbow that misses.

Crews is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Carson controls from within his opponent's guard.

Crews had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Carson defends it easily.
Crews trying to control the position.
Carson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crews trying to control the position.
Carson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Carson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crews works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Carson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Scott Carson just wasn't active enough.
Crews pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carson throws a combination. Crews tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Dario Crews has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A punch combination from Carson misses.
Carson misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crews sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crews scores with a jab. Carson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Carson sizes up Crews with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Oooooh!!! Carson has knocked Crews down with a huge combo! Carson steps away and waves a wobbly Crews back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Carson drives through and clinches with Crews against the cage.
Crews fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Crews is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Carson to keep the fight standing.
Scott Carson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dario Crews.

Carson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Scott Carson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Carson misses with a body kick.

Carson pushes Crews up against the cage in a clinch.

Carson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carson throws a sloppy body shot
letting Crews counter with a right hand.
Crews keeps the fight on the outside.
Crews takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson misses with a few strikes there.
Crews ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carson moves away.
Carson misses with a wild body shot.
Crews lands a right hook to the body.
Carson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crews paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crews. Carson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carson misses with a double jab.
Crews cracks Carson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carson, right into the meat.
Carson throws a sloppy head kick and Crews moves out of range easily.
Crews avoids the body shot from Carson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crews manages to avoid it.
Crews tries to score with a low kick but Carson moves his leg out of the way.
Carson lands a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crews moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crews throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carson is looking to wear down Crews with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice combination there by Carson.
Carson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carson lands a really nice looking cross but Crews seems unphased.
Carson scores with a head kick. Crews tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Carson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Carson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dario Crews'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.

A big left from Carson misses.
Carson swings widly with a right hand
and Crews counters with a three punch combo that has Carson backing up. Carson nods at Crews to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Crews.
Crews fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Carson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Carson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Carson darts in trying to clinch
and Carson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crews moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Carson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carson slips under a jab.
Carson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crews circles away quickly and effectively.
Carson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crews moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crews connects with a looping right hand.
Carson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Carson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carson is looking to land body kicks.
Crews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Crews manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Carson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Carson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Crews counters with a straight right hand.
Crews missing with a left hand there. Carson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, jab by Carson - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crews avoids the body shot from Carson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carson throws a head kick but Crews moves out of range.
Carson misses with a kick to the body.
A big left from Carson misses.
A right-left combo lands from Carson.
Crews waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carson.
Carson throws a lazy body kick
and Crews counters with a leg kick.
Crews uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carson.
Crews takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carson misses the shot to the body.
Crews has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crews throws a body punch but Carson moves out of range.
Crews missing with a left hand there. Carson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Scott Carson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crews walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crews scores with a jab to the head.
Carson moves in looking to clinch but Crews pushes him off.
Crews throws a push kick but Carson slaps the foot to one side.
Nice cross by Carson.
Crews shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Crews has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Carson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Carson. Those never looked like landing.
Crews takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Crews's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crews jabs Carson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Crews ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crews avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crews takes a swing at Carson's ribcage but misses.
Carson misses with a few strikes there.
Carson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crews misses with a wild body shot.
Carson misses with a straight left.
Crews connects with a jab.
Carson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crews can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crews manages to avoid it.
Carson tries to close the distance and clinch but Crews swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carson defending well as Crews loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Scott Carson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dario Crews'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Carson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carson throws a head kick that misses.
Carson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crews paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Carson throws a jab when Crews was well out of range.
Crews throws a nice looking combination but Carson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Crews with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sloppy strikes from Carson. Those never looked like landing.
An inside leg kick from Crews misses.

Carson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crews is trying to pull guard but Carson has him pressed against the cage.

Carson breaks the clinch.
Crews tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carson was well out of range. Poor timing from Crews.
Carson fails to land with a series of punches.
Carson wants to clinch
and Crews counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crews swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carson.
The crowd cheers as Carson lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crews doesn't seem phased though.
Carson tries to clinch but Crews is having none of it.
Scott Carson is winning the standup battle so far.

Carson has closed the distance and engaged Crews in a clinch.
Crews fails to pull guard.
Crews jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Carson walks away with a smile on his face. Crews gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Scott Carson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dario Crews.
Carson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Carson throws a body kick that misses.
Carson wants to clinch up but Crews keeps it at a distance.
Carson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crews.
Left hook, right uppercut from Carson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carson misses with a low kick.
Crews connects with a looping right hand.
Crews slips a straight right by Carson.
A big left from Crews misses.
Crews throws a big shot that misses.
Carson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crews moves away.
Crews jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carson moves in looking to clinch but Crews pushes him off.
Carson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crews manages to avoid it.
Crews tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carson was well out of range. Poor timing from Crews.
Crews takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carson slips under a jab.
Carson misses with a straight right.
Crews throws a jab when Carson was well out of range.
Crews misses with an uppercut. Carson saw that one coming.
Good exchange - Carson coming out on top.
Crews is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carson.
Crews swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carson.
Carson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crews bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Carson's head backwards.
Carson tries to clinch
and Carson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carson slips a straight right by Crews.
Nice straight punches there by Carson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Carson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carson throws a push kick but Crews slaps the foot to one side.
Carson throws a looping overhand right but Crews ducks down to avoid it.
Crews misses with a straight right.
Crews jabs Carson right on the nose. Carson blinks but takes it well.
Dario Crews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Scott Carson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carson misses with a head kick.
Carson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carson slips under a jab.
Crews waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carson.
Crews misses with an uppercut. Carson saw that one coming.

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 Scott Carson.
Well Carson 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Carson!
An out of breath and clearly excited Scott Carson thanked Canuck Beavermeat Nutrition for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).