PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Carden (ranked 2684 p4p, 3882 weight class) and Ailin Trills (ranked 319 p4p, 419 weight class). Carden kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Simple Man. Trills is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: HonestKey- What My Life For. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ailin Trills was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Carden
vs
Trills

174 cm
22
165
3 - 4 - 0

177 cm
20
164
3 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Carden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ailin Trills!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carden thuds a left hand into Trills's body.
Carden takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Trills throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Some bone on bone action there as Carden checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Trills throws a head kick but Carden moves out of range.
Carden looks to land a combination but Trills avoids it well.
Trills throws a nice outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carden. Trills does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trills tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carden throws a series of punches but Trills avoids them all with ease.
Trills misses with a leg kick

and Carden counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carden.
Carden tries a body shot but Trills blocks it.
Trills misses with some punches.
Carden has Trills pressed against the cage.
Trills has a couple of punches blocked by Carden.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carden.

Carden manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Trills lands but Carden takes it in his stride.
Ailin Trills is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carden swings widly with a right hand
and Trills counters with a nice kick to the body.

Carden forces Trills back against the cage and clinches.
Trills tries to throw a body punch but Carden avoids it by throwing Trills back against the cage.
Trills lands a shoulder strike.
Carden lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trills or not.
Carden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Trills has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Trills lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trills jumps guard but Carden stands there with Trills around his waist. Trills gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carden.
Trills tries to pull guard but Carden forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Carden scores with a hook to the body.
Carden lands a hook that snaps the head of Trills backwards.
Carden blocking some punches.
Trills tries to pull guard but Carden forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Thomas Carden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ailin Trills.
Carden lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Carden as Trills tries to tie him up.
A short right from Carden on the inside.
Carden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carden lands a left hand.
Carden will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trills up against the cage.
Trills letting Carden take a breather here.
Carden scores with a shoulder strike.
Carden scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trills working aggressively here.
Carden misses with a body punch.
Trills is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Carden is defending well for now.
Carden lands an uppercut.
Carden pushes Trills back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carden pushes Trills back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trills misses with a hook to the ribs.
Trills looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trills.
Carden tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trills is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Carden is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Trills tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trills's elbow.
Carden pushes Trills back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Trills lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trills lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Carden lands a body shot.

Carden breaks the clinch.
Carden misses with a hook.

Carden has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trills tries to pull guard but Carden forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carden lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trills backwards.
Trills can't find room to land a body shot as Carden controls the action.
Trills throws a head punch that misses.
Carden leaning against his opponent.
Carden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carden lands an elbow that stopped Trills in his tracks for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Carden.
Come on Carden - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carden stalling against the cage.
Trills misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trills tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Trills misses with a body punch.

Carden breaks the clinch.
A low kick lands for Trills.
Carden works over Trills's head and body with a nice combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Carden dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Trills throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Carden wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Carden throws a jab but it's blocked by Trills.
Carden with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Trills.
Trills lands a leg kick that knocks Carden off balance momentarily.
Trills looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Trills looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Trills lands a nice looking kick to the body. Carden takes a step back to recover.
Nice uppercut lands for Carden. That snapped Trills's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Carden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carden lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A punch lands to the side of Trills 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Carden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trills can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trills manages to avoid it.
Carden avoids the body shot from Trills.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carden misses with a straight left.
Carden misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Carden misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Trills lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Carden has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Carden and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Carden connects with a body shot.
Trills with a nice calf kick.
Carden misses with a wild combination.
Trills scores with a head kick. Carden tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Thomas Carden is winning the standup battle so far.
Trills throws a leg kick but Carden sees it coming and moves out of range.

Carden shoots in and gets a takedown into Trills's guard.
Carden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carden content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trills is keeping the position for now.

Trills looking for a guillotine here but Carden defends easily.
Trills looking to hit a scissor sweep but Carden is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carden connects with a couple of short punches.
Trills working a defensive guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carden working some strikes from top position.
Carden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Carden stopping the sweep attempt from Trills.
Trills not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Carden lands a couple of elbows.
Carden is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Trills is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Carden is aware though and is defending well.
Carden wants to control from the top but Trills keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Carden lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trills tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Carden is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Carden's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Trills pulls Carden in close to his closed guard and prevents Carden from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Trills slips under a jab from Carden.
As Carden backs off Trills throws a huge counter combo but Carden manages to avoid it all.
Carden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot lands for Carden.

Carden gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Carden dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Carden swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carden jabs at Trills's body.

Carden closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Trills did well to prevent Carden getting side control.
Trills is trying to control but Carden manages to pass to mount!
Carden landing punches.
Carden scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Trills?
Trills gets back to half guard.
Carden landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carden is trying to control the action in half guard but Trills is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Trills trying to hold on to Carden's head to control him but Carden postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trills gets back to full guard.

Trills looking for subs off his back but Carden has passed one foot through into half guard.
Trills wants to control but Carden is keeping busy.
Carden takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Carden is trying to control the action in half guard but Trills is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Carden drops an elbow to the side of Trills's head.
Carden is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Carden looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Trills wants to control but Carden is keeping busy.
Carden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Carden is thwarting Trills's attempts to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Carden lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trills wants to control the action here but instead Carden manages to pass to full mount!
Trills takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Carden is trying to control here but Trills has managed to regain half guard.
Carden lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Carden is controlling the pace.
Carden lands with a punch from half guard.
Trills trying to hold on to Carden's head to control him but Carden postures up.
Thomas Carden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carden with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carden looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Trills with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Carden.
Carden slips a nice elbow through Trills's hands, connecting with Trills's forehead.

Carden stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Carden lands a right hook to the body.
Ailin Trills has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carden throws a one two combo.
It looks like Carden has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trills connects with a leg kick.
Thomas Carden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice shot by Carden.
Trills fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carden manages to avoid it.
Carden blocks a head kick by Trills.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Carden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Carden!
Thomas Carden was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.