PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Paul Carp (ranked 6051 p4p, 593 weight class) and Tony Bony (ranked 4574 p4p, 511 weight class). Jon Paul Carp has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paul Carp
vs
Bony

185 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Woodhouse's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jon Paul Carp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tony Bony!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carp misses with a looping right.
Bony is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Bony clinches up against the cage.
Bony looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Carp missing with knees to the body.
Carp creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bony's defenses.
Bony blocks an elbow strike from Carp.
Carp gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bony.
Carp gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bony.
Carp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carp with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Carp lands a right hand.
Bony blocks a body shot from Carp.
Carp missing with knees to the body.
Carp lands with a short shot to the head.
Bony is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jon Paul Carp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Bony.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Bony looks winded!
A short right from Carp on the inside.
Carp is working Bony over against the cage.
Carp lands an elbow that stopped Bony in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Tony Bony has been cut.
Carp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carp just leaning against Bony, taking a breather.
Carp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carp scores with a hook to the body.
A short body shot lands from Carp as the two fighters clinch.
Carp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carp lands with a short shot to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Carp.
Carp has a couple of punches blocked by Bony.
Carp misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Carp drops his opponent with a massive elbow! Bony is holding on for dear life.

Bony is rocked!
Carp perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Bony is still in real trouble! Can Carp finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carp is looking for a kimura here.
Bony seems to have recovered his senses.
Carp controlling the pace.
Carp tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bony knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Carp passes to side control.

Carp tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carp has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Carp slows the pace down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bony tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Carp wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Carp is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bony is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carp wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bony keeps working.
Carp is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Bony will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Carp fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Carp wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bony keeps working.
Carp creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Bony being controlled for a moment.

Carp wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Bony, who protects the arm well.
Carp just content to control the position.
Carp trying to control the position but Bony is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Carp darts in and clinches Bony up against the cage.
Carp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carp swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carp is stalling here.
Bony swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Carp tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bony's elbow.
Carp misses with a punch on the inside.
Bony blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Carp lands a good knee to the midsection. Bony won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carp tries a body shot but Bony blocks it.
Bony is breathing heavily.
Carp throws a head punch that misses.
Nice elbow from Carp.
Carp lands a damaging elbow.
Bony takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carp doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carp working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Carp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bony can do to turn this around?
Carp avoiding damage.
Bony blocking some punches.
Carp makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carp lands a good knee to the midsection. Bony won't want to take too many of those.
A short right from Carp on the inside.
Carp scores with a shoulder strike.
Carp throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bonys head.
Carp is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carp creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Bony's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Bony drops to his knees and Carp pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Paul Carp!
Jon Paul Carp seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.