PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Paul Carp (ranked 2731 p4p, 344 weight class) and Jimbo Cricky (ranked 3183 p4p, 392 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Paul Carp
vs
Cricky

185 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
217 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimbo Cricky!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cricky slips a jab from Carp.
Carp takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cricky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carp.
Carp appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Carp takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Carp tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cricky paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Cricky misses.
Carp lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cricky throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Carp takes a swing at Cricky's ribcage but misses.
Cricky throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carp counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carp swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cricky counters with a one-two to the body.
Cricky tries to bum rush Carp with a series of wild strikes but Carp uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cricky ducks under a wild hook from Carp.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cricky throws a looping overhand right but Carp ducks down to avoid it.
Cricky waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carp.
Cricky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carp.
Cricky slips under a jab.
A big left from Cricky misses.
Cricky has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cricky there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cricky throws a right and a left that Carp avoids nicely.
Cricky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cricky.
Carp drops his hands momentarily and Cricky takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cricky has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Some wild striking there from Cricky.
An attempted straight right counter from Carp misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carp throws a jab but it's blocked by Cricky.
Cricky throws a counter combo.
Carp scores with a hook.
Carp misses with a lunging right hand
and Cricky connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carp bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cricky's head.
Carp throws a lazy right hand but Cricky sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cricky swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Carp loads up on a big right hand but Cricky slips the punch.
Cricky misses with a few strikes there.
Cricky misses with a combination

and Carp holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Carp tries to work over Cricky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carp swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricky blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cricky has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Cricky manages to break the clinch.
Cricky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carp.
Carp keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cricky takes a swing at Carp's ribcage but misses.
Cricky misses with a hook
and Carp counters with a nice uppercut.
Carp is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Cricky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cricky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Carp forces Cricky back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Cricky's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cricky misses with some punches.
Cricky tries to break the clinch but Carp is controlling the position.
Carp is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carp lands an elbow that stopped Cricky in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Jimbo Cricky has been cut.
Carp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carp missing with knees to the body.
Cricky wants to break free but Carp has control.
Cricky avoids the elbow strike from Carp, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cricky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cricky smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Carp is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cricky misses with a series of wild punches.
Carp swings for the body but Cricky moves out of range.
Cricky ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carp moves away.
It looked like Carp wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Carp bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cricky!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimbo Cricky dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimbo Cricky's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Carp is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cricky.
Carp fails with an attempt to clinch.
Carp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cricky.
Carp throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cricky is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Jimbo Cricky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carp tries to clinch up but Cricky circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloppy strikes from Cricky. Those never looked like landing.
Carp lands a body shot.
Carp throws a shot from downtown. Cricky moves away and avoids it.
Cricky lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carp wants to clinch up but Cricky keeps it at a distance.
Carp throws a hook to the side of Cricky's head but Cricky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cricky swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cricky has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cricky throws a right and a left that Carp avoids nicely.
Cricky throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carp throws a body shot but no joy.
Cricky ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Carp scores with a punch to the head.
Cricky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carp.
Carp paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cricky digs a good hook to Carp's body.
Carp misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Cricky to counter with a crisp jab.
Cricky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carp.
Cricky misses with a jab, cross combination.
Carp defending well as Cricky loads up on a big left hand.
Carp throws the left hand but Cricky avoids the punch easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Cricky scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cricky throws a hook to the side of Carp's head but Carp sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
No joy there for Cricky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cricky throws a nice looking combination but Carp bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Carp misses its target.
Cricky moves out of range of the strikes.

Carp forces Cricky back against the cage and clinches.
Carp misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carp lands an elbow inside that Cricky shrugs off.
Carp struggles to land a body shot inside as Cricky controls his hands.
Cricky can't break the clinch.
Carp working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Carp.
Carp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cricky's efforts to push away.
Cricky can't break the clinch.
Carp keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cricky's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cricky takes an elbow to the temple.
Carp lands an elbow inside.
Carp connects with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Jimbo Cricky's cut even more.
Carp misses with a punch on the inside.
Carp has a couple of punches blocked by Cricky.
Carp landing knees to the body.
Cricky is breathing heavily.
Carp lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Carp landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cricky as Carp tries to tie him up.
Cricky blocking some punches.
Cricky wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carp has him pressed against the cage.
Cricky takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jon Paul Carp has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carp unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cricky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Carp lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Cricky is rocked!
A short right from Carp on the inside.
Cricky is still on wobbly legs! Can Carp finish him?
Clinched against the cage, Carp lands a big elbow that drops Cricky! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Cricky is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Paul Carp!
During a confident post fight interview, Jon Paul Carp thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.