PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abe Froeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Froeman has chosen Regulate as his entrance music. Jimmy Carpenter has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carpenter
vs
Froeman

188 cm
23
173 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
22
167 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

O'Brannigan's Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimmy Carpenter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abe Froeman!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpenter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by Carpenter or perhaps it was just good defense by Froeman which made him look bad.
Froeman lands with a right hand.
Carpenter moves in looking to clinch but Froeman pushes him off.
Froeman scores with the left hand. Carpenter knows he should have avoided that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Froeman.

It looks like Jimmy Carpenter has been cut.
Froeman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Donk. Froeman catches Carpenter right on the button with a cross.

Carpenter gets the takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Carpenter.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Froeman is not content to let Carpenter control the position.
Froeman is trying to get back to half guard.
Froeman seems a little lost for a moment, as Carpenter dominates the positioning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Froeman prevents Carpenter from moving into mount.
Carpenter 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.
Carpenter advances nicely into full mount.
Carpenter with good strikes from the mount here!
Carpenter tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Carpenter can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Froeman is looking to escape.
Froeman looks gassed!
Carpenter connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carpenter controlling his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Froeman can do anything to dispel that myth.
Carpenter lands a big shot there that rocks Froeman but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Froeman is in a horrible position here. Carpenter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Carpenter content just to control the position here.
Froeman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Carpenter trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Froeman is looking to improve his position but Carpenter isn't that keen on the idea.
Carpenter lands a big elbow.
Carpenter landing strikes from the mount and Froeman is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Froeman is bucking up trying to escape but Carpenter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carpenter avoids the attempt from Froeman to control.
Carpenter landing strikes from the mount and Froeman is in trouble!
Carpenter postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Froeman looks a forlorn figure.
Carpenter is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Froeman can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Carpenter lands a big elbow.
Carpenter lands with some strikes.
Carpenter is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Carpenter cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Froeman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carpenter. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Froeman in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter landing punches.
Froeman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Carpenter sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
BOOM! Carpenter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Carpenter scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Froeman?
Froeman is squirming around, avoiding Carpenter's attempts to control the action.
Carpenter lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Froeman has left one of his arms exposed and Carpenter doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Froeman screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jimmy Carpenter!
Jimmy Carpenter is the new welterweight champion!