PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Hastings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dresden Carmichael (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carmichael comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Nelly - Just A Dream kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hastings
vs
Carmichael

178 cm
25
157 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
28
153 lbs
15 - 8 - 0

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Hastings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dresden Carmichael!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hastings checks the leg kick.
Hastings misses with a few strikes there.
Hastings shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Carmichael has managed to clinch.
Hastings is trying to stall.
Hastings tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carmichael's elbow.
Hastings blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Carmichael is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Carmichael can't find room to land a body shot as Hastings controls the action.
Carmichael crunches a lovely knee into Hastings's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Carmichael.
Carmichael misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Carmichael throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings stalling against the cage.
Hastings blocks a body shot from Carmichael.
Hastings wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carmichael doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Carmichael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carmichael using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hastings has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hastings has a couple of punches blocked by Carmichael.
Carmichael throws a head punch that misses.
Carmichael scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Hastings breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hastings misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings misses with a body kick.
Carmichael swings for the body but Hastings moves out of range.
Carmichael tries a head kick but it misses.
A left lands for Carmichael.
Carmichael lands a nice shot to the body.
Hastings feints and then cracks Carmichael's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Carmichael down.
John Hastings is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hastings throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Dresden Carmichael has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hastings throws a body kick that misses
and Carmichael counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hastings throws a low kick but Carmichael moves out of range easily.
Carmichael loads up on a big right hand but Hastings slips the punch.
Hastings steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Carmichael.
Carmichael takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Carmichael takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carmichael chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hastings can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael throws out a loose jab but Hastings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hastings on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hastings tries to work over Carmichael's front leg with a kick but Carmichael checks it.
Hastings looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hastings scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Carmichael moves out of range of the strikes.
Carmichael misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carmichael throws the left hand but Hastings avoids the punch easily.
Hastings throws the kick towards the body but Carmichael avoids it.
Carmichael avoids the head kick by Hastings.
Dresden Carmichael seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carmichael swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hastings throws a front kick that sends Carmichael stumbling back into the cage.
Hastings clobbers Carmichael with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Carmichael works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hastings throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Carmichael uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hastings.
Hastings misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hastings.
Hastings throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hastings misses with an uppercut.
Carmichael lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carmichael keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hastings.
Carmichael avoids the head kick by Hastings.
Hastings takes a swing at Carmichael's ribcage but misses.
Carmichael misses with a double jab
and Hastings counters with a stiff right hand.
Hastings throws the kick towards the body but Carmichael avoids it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael throws a lazy right hand but Hastings sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carmichael darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carmichael blocks a jab.
Carmichael moves out of range of the body kick.
Carmichael lands with an uppercut that bounces Hastings off the cage and back into range.
A head kick misses from Hastings.
Carmichael lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hastings throws a jab when Carmichael was well out of range.
Hastings has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hastings there as he acknowledges the shot.
Carmichael fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hastings has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Carmichael lands with a right hand.
Carmichael moves out of range as Hastings throws a body kick.
Hastings fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carmichael checks it well.
Hastings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carmichael.
Carmichael is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hastings had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hastings looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Carmichael.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carmichael shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hastings.
Carmichael cracks Hastings with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carmichael throws the left hand but Hastings avoids the punch easily.
Carmichael tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hastings manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Carmichael jabs at Hastings's body.
Carmichael looks to land a body kick but Hastings moved away.
Hastings throws a body punch but Carmichael moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Carmichael.
Carmichael lands a body shot.
Hastings avoids the head kick by Carmichael.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael misses with a kick to the body.
Carmichael slips a jab from Hastings.
Hastings darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No luck for Carmichael with that takedown attempt.
Hastings walks into a left hand.
Hastings misses with a looping left.

Hastings tries to sprawl but Carmichael drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hastings is looking to improve his position.
Carmichael takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Carmichael keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Carmichael there.
Carmichael keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hastings trying to control here.
Hastings keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Carmichael stalling.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Dresden Carmichael has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Carmichael takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Carmichael tests Hastings's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hastings connects with the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carmichael looks to land a body kick but Hastings moved away.
Hastings walks into a left hand.
Hastings attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hastings connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dresden Carmichael dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dresden Carmichael's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hastings throws a solid leg kick but Carmichael takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Hastings.
Carmichael fails with a takedown attempt.
Hastings checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hastings moves out of range as Carmichael strikes.
Hastings will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Carmichael throws a nice inside leg kick.
Carmichael misses with a body kick.
Hastings attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
John Hastings is winning the standup battle so far.
Hastings misses with a two punch combination.
Hastings misses with a body kick.
Hastings misses with a kick to the body.

Carmichael closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hastings is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings manages to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hastings is refusing to be controlled, as Carmichael sits in half guard.
Hastings keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Carmichael.
Carmichael seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hastings does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael controlling the pace.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Carmichael tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hastings knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hastings is staying active underneath Carmichael, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hastings blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carmichael.
Carmichael throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Carmichael looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hastings with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Carmichael thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hastings's head.
Carmichael takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hastings has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Carmichael is working away from the top position though.
Hastings is refusing to be controlled, as Carmichael sits in half guard.
Carmichael tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hastings knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Carmichael wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hastings keeps working.
Hastings keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hastings trying to hold on to Carmichael's head to control him but Carmichael postures up.
Carmichael not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Carmichael throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dresden Carmichael has got the better of the ground game so far.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Carmichael turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Donk. Carmichael catches Hastings right on the button with a cross.
Hastings misses with a low kick.
Hastings misses with a body shot.
Hastings ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carmichael moves away.
Hastings looks for the body kick but Carmichael saw that one coming.
Hastings throws a looping overhand right but Carmichael ducks down to avoid it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael scores with a jab to the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carmichael.

Carmichael closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hastings did well to prevent Carmichael getting side control.
Carmichael wants to control but Hastings is keeping him busy.
Carmichael is taking a breather. Hastings says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Carmichael throwing shots but Hastings is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Carmichael seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Carmichael is stalling here. Hastings is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Carmichael seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hastings has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hastings wants to control but Carmichael is keeping him busy.
Carmichael struggling a bit here.
Hastings wants to control but Carmichael is keeping him busy.
Hastings throwing strikes but Carmichael manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael trying to control the action but Hastings is working from the bottom.
Hastings trying to remain calm as Carmichael controls from the top position.
Hastings avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Carmichael.
Carmichael is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hastings will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael tries to move into full mount but can't pass Hastings's legs.
Carmichael has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Carmichael wants to control but Hastings is keeping him busy.
An elbow from Carmichael crashes against the mat.
Carmichael scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hastings to see if he's OK.
Sloppy strikes there by Carmichael.
Carmichael misses with the ground and pound.
Hastings is trying to get back to half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael throwing strikes but Hastings manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Carmichael is looking for a sweep.
Carmichael struggling a bit here.
Carmichael tries to buck Hastings off but Hastings is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hastings tries to score with some ground and pound. Carmichael controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dresden Carmichael showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dresden Carmichael's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Carmichael fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hastings.
Carmichael throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hastings on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Carmichael throws a wild body kick that Hastings sees coming a mile off.
An inside leg kick lands from Hastings.
Hastings fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carmichael checks it well.
Carmichael connects with a solid leg kick.
Hastings tries to move into range but Carmichael moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Carmichael scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hastings takes a swing at Carmichael's ribcage but misses.
Carmichael scores with a decent looking hook.
Carmichael steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hastings. That one must have hurt.
Hastings thuds a left hand into Carmichael's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hastings does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Carmichael takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Carmichael stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hastings.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carmichael fails with a takedown attempt.
Hastings looks for the body kick but Carmichael saw that one coming.
Carmichael thumps Hastings with a low kick.
Carmichael swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good work by Carmichael as he checks the leg kick.
Hastings tried to score with a low kick but Carmichael checks it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hastings.
Carmichael takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carmichael scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hastings doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hastings ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carmichael moves away.
Hastings moves out of range of the strikes.
Hastings lands a body shot.

Carmichael rushes Hastings and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hastings tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hastings takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carmichael lands a body shot in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carmichael tries a knee to the head but Hastings blocks it.
Carmichael missing with knees to the body.
Carmichael lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Carmichael slowing the pace effectively.
Carmichael looking to throw knees to the head but Hastings is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael lands a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Carmichael to work.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carmichael as Hastings tries to tie him up.
Carmichael's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Carmichael throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hastings blocks it with crossed arms.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Carmichael working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Hastings tries a body shot but Carmichael blocks it.
Carmichael lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael throws a head punch that misses.
Hastings trying to control the position but instead, Carmichael has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hastings into the cage.
Carmichael slows down the pace here.
Carmichael struggles to land a body shot inside as Hastings controls his hands.
Hastings trying to stall but Carmichael improves his position.
Carmichael lands a body punch.
Carmichael tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hastings's elbow.
Carmichael misses with a punch to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hastings misses with a body punch.
Carmichael with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carmichael swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carmichael throws a knee to the head but misses.
Carmichael unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hastings lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carmichael tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hastings misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Carmichael.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carmichael tries a knee to the head but Hastings blocks it.
Dresden Carmichael seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hastings is working Carmichael over against the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael lands an uppercut.
Carmichael tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carmichael has a couple of punches blocked by Hastings.
Hastings stalling in the clinch but Carmichael improves position.
Carmichael lands with a left to the head.
Hastings is looking to control Carmichael's arms but Carmichael gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hastings has his back to the cage.
Carmichael lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Carmichael.
Carmichael gets through Hastings's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Carmichael letting Hastings take a breather here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carmichael unloads a knee to the mid-section.
John Hastings has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Carmichael trying to stall but Hastings improves his position.
Carmichael lands a left hand.
Carmichael lands with a short shot to the head.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Carmichael with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Carmichael.
Hastings stalling against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carmichael takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hastings scores with a shoulder strike.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hastings is trying to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Hastings fails to land.
Carmichael misses with a knee to the head.
Hastings doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Carmichael on the inside.
Carmichael swings wildly with an uppercut but Hastings uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carmichael takes a shot to the head.
Hastings managing to block the knees to the body from Carmichael.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carmichael as Hastings tries to tie him up.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hastings dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Hastings tries to work over Carmichael's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carmichael keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hastings's efforts to push away.
Hastings lands with a light punch inside.
Carmichael holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Carmichael prevents a body shot from Hastings.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hastings misses with the head strike.
Hastings's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

And that's the end of the fight!
Dresden Carmichael comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Carmichael has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Dresden Carmichael!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Dresden Carmichael!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Dresden Carmichael!

Dresden Carmichael wins by unanimous decision!
Dresden Carmichael decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.