PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nico Carri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Snake Shadow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shadow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Snake in the Eagles Shadow kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Carri
vs
Shadow

174 cm
21
162 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

172 cm
27
167 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Nico Carri!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Snake Shadow!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carri ducks under a wild hook from Shadow.
Shadow cracks a nice hook into Carri's ribs.
Shadow misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carri counters with an outside leg kick.
Carri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shadow digs a good body shot into Carri's ribs.
Shadow misses the shot to the body.
Shadow misses with a jab to the body
and Carri counters with a good low kick that Shadow was not able to check.
Snake Shadow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shadow thuds a left hand into Carri's body.
Carri goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shadow takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Shadow throws a shot from downtown. Carri moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Carri.
Carri moves out of range as Shadow strikes.
Shadow takes a swing at Carri's ribcage but misses.
Shadow just misses with a punch to the body.
Shadow lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carri sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A good leg kick by Carri.
Carri keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shadow.
Shadow lands a jab.
Shadow throws a hook but Carri blocks it.
Shadow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shadow looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shadow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shadow misses with an uppercut. Carri saw that one coming.
Carri takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shadow looks to land a combination. Carri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A shot to the liver by Shadow. Beautiful body shot.
Carri just misses with a punch to the body.
Shadow throws a nice looking combination but Carri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Carri.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shadow misses with a hook
and Carri counters with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Carri.
Shadow scores with a body shot.
Shadow misses with a two punch combination.
Carri buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carri tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shadow is able to avoid easily.
Shadow throws a predictable looking body shot

and Carri moves into the clinch.
Carri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shadow lands a nice uppercut.
Shadow trying to control the position but instead, Carri has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shadow into the cage.
Shadow avoids the elbow strike from Carri, against the cage.
Carri swings wildly with an uppercut but Shadow uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carri lands an elbow that stopped Shadow in his tracks for a moment.
Shadow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carri lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shadow is trying to push Carri away but Carri has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Carri tries a knee to the head but Shadow blocks it.
Carri is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shadow is keeping busy.
Carri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carri landing knees to the body.
Carri lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Carri.
Carri scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shadow takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shadow's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Carri scores with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shadow is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Carri throws an elbow but misses.
Carri's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Carri blocks a body shot from Shadow.
Carri with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carri pressing his opponent against the cage.
Carri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carri lands an elbow just above Shadow 's eye.
Carri throws an elbow but it misses.
Carri blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shadow is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shadow is working Carri over against the cage.
Shadow on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shadow blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shadow struggles to land a body shot inside as Carri controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Snake Shadow will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Shadow throws a lazy right hand but Carri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Shadow.
Shadow misses with a two punch combination.
Carri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shadow waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carri.
Carri cracks Shadow with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shadow swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carri.
Shadow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carri counters with a nice uppercut.
Carri throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Snake Shadow seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carri tries to close the distance and clinch but Shadow swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Carri.
Shadow connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Carri's hands.
Shadow looks to land a right hand but Carri moved out of range.
Shadow rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shadow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shadow throws a right hand that Carri ducks under and follows up with a left that Carri also avoids with ease.
Shadow misses with a straight right.
Shadow lands with an overhand left.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Carri, right into the meat.
Shadow throws a body punch but Carri moves out of range.
Carri tries to clinch but Shadow moves out of range.
Carri throws a low kick, looking for Shadow's leg but Shadow calmly moves out of range.
Shadow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shadow throws a lazy right hand but Carri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Carri tries to clinch there but Shadow circles away.
Shadow misses with an uppercut.
Shadow throws a jab but it's blocked by Carri.
Shadow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shadow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shadow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carri manages to avoid it.
Carri throws the kick towards the body but Shadow avoids it.
Shadow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carri manages to avoid it.
Shadow throws the left hand but Carri avoids the punch easily.
Carri doesn't manage to clinch there - Shadow circles away.
Carri lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shadow swinging wildly here.
Carri throws a nice looking combination but Shadow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shadow loads up on a big right hand but Carri slips the punch.
Shadow misses with an uppercut
and Carri makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Shadow really felt that one!
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!
Carri pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carri slips a jab from Shadow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shadow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shadow misses with a straight left.
Shadow misses with a hook. Carri ducked under it nicely.
Shadow throws a series of punches but Carri moves out of range.
Carri ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shadow avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A combination from Shadow does no damage.
Carri throws a head kick that misses.
Shadow swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Carri counters by moving into the clinch.
Carri creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shadow's defenses.
A knee to the head by Carri.
Carri lands a knee to the head.
Shadow is breathing heavily.
Carri unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carri with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carri lands with a right to the head.

Shadow is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shadow fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shadow is still on wobbly legs! Can Carri finish him?
Carri lands with a left to the head.
Carri lands a nice knee to the body.
Shadow takes an elbow to the temple.
Carri crunches a lovely knee into Shadow's ribcage.
Clinched against the cage, Carri lands a big elbow that drops Shadow! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Shadow is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nico Carri!
Nico Carri retains his lightweight title!
Nico Carri made sure to mention his sponsor, Alpha Male in his post fight interview.