PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Carroll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carroll comes to the cage accompanied by Horse Outside. Johnny Shamrock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Carroll
vs
Shamrock

191 cm
25
179 lbs
20 - 7 - 0

177 cm
26
182 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Carroll!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Carroll.
Shamrock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shamrock tries to clinch up.
Carroll with a jab.
Carroll takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Carroll is having none of it.
Carroll keeps the fight on the outside.
Carroll swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Carroll fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shamrock has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Carroll with a nice cross.
Carroll slips under a jab.
Carroll blocks a head kick by Shamrock.
Carroll jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

Shamrock closes the distance and pushes Carroll back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carroll throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carroll.
Shamrock tries to work over Carroll's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Shamrock.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carroll.
Shamrock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carroll lands a hook that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
Carroll swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Carroll.
Carroll can't break the clinch.
Carroll lands a body shot.
Shamrock throws a head punch that misses.
Shamrock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carroll digs a right hand underneath Shamrock's ribcage. Shamrock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shamrock has a couple of punches blocked by Carroll.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carroll.
Carroll lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Carroll swings wildly with an uppercut but Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carroll lands with a short shot to the head.
Carroll working aggressively here.
Carroll lands a hook that snaps the head of Shamrock backwards.
Carroll blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carroll swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carroll lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carroll misses with the head strike.
Carroll pushes Shamrock back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carroll.
Shamrock lands an uppercut.
Carroll misses with a hook from the clinch.
Carroll swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shamrock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Carroll's elbow.
Shamrock digs a right hand underneath Carroll's ribcage. Carroll let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Shamrock misses with a punch on the inside.

Carroll breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shamrock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Carroll feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Shamrock sprawling to the canvas! Shamrock rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Carroll finish him?!

Shamrock is rocked!
Shamrock walks straight into a right hand from Carroll - that's dropped him! Carroll jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Shamrock from any more punishment! Shamrock complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Andy Carroll!
Andy Carroll is the new welterweight champion!
Andy Carroll spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.