PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Carlos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peak The Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobby Carlos had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Carlos
vs
The Best

185 cm
23
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Carlos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peak The Best!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The Best shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The Best trying to control but Carlos is working from the bottom.
The Best postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Carlos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Carlos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Best gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Best controls from within his opponent's guard.

The Best stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carlos has his takedown stuffed

and The Best moves into the clinch.

The Best breaks from the clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by The Best.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carlos is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked The Best off and has taken his back!
The Best wants to escape the position.

Carlos is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. The Best defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Carlos is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. The Best is defending well though. Carlos let's go of the attempt for now.
Carlos is breathing heavily.
The Best turns into Carlos and is now in his guard.
The Best tries to free his leg and advance position but Carlos is retaining full guard.

The Best avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Best lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Best sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Carlos's guard.
The Best slips a nice elbow through Carlos's hands, connecting with Carlos's forehead.
The Best really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Carlos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The Best wants to stand but Carlos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The Best keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carlos tries to get to full guard but The Best has control of the leg.
The Best controlling the action here.

Carlos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The Best scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Carlos is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Best stalling.
The Best prevents Carlos from improving his position.
The Best looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

The Best is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Carlos defends it well.
The Best is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Carlos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Best.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carlos tries to roll over but The Best keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Carlos is working hard here to advance position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Best plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

The Best gets in close and instigates a clinch.

The Best turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Carlos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Peak The Best will probably get the nod.
That's time! Carlos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Best shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carlos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The Best is keen to just control but Carlos is a slippery customer.
The Best not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Carlos actively working from the bottom here.

Carlos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Carlos makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Carlos.
The Best must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Carlos looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! The Best has picked Carlos up and slammed him! Carlos can't keep hold of the triangle and The Best manages to pass to side control!

The Best decides to stand back up. The Best steps back and let's Carlos get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The Best shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Carlos working to try and regain half guard.
Carlos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Carlos gets back to full guard.

Carlos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Carlos keeping full guard, as The Best tries to pass.
The Best is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Carlos keeping moving, preventing The Best from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carlos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The Best lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Carlos being controlled here, momentarily.

Carlos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Best gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Best pushes down on Carlos's leg and manages to get into half guard.

The Best is looking for a kimura but Carlos is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for The Best to get the leverage.
The Best wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carlos keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos regains full guard. Nicely done.

Carlos looking for a guillotine here but The Best defends easily.

Carlos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Best can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bobby Carlos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Carlos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Carlos looking for a guillotine here but The Best defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Best wants to control from the top but Carlos keeps moving.

Carlos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The Best slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Carlos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Best is in close to Carlos's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bobby Carlos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

The Best clinches.
Carlos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice elbow from The Best.
Carlos tries to pull guard but The Best holds him up against the cage and eventually Carlos drops back down to his feet.
The Best unloads a knee to the mid-section. Carlos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

The Best gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Carlos regains guard.

Carlos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Best can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Carlos has his foot on The Best's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Best works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Best trying to control the position from guard on top but Carlos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Carlos being controlled here, momentarily.

The Best is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carlos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but The Best can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Carlos has his foot on The Best's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Best works his way back into a safe position though.

Carlos escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. The Best gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The Best wants to get up but he can't break Carlos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Carlos is looking for a triangle but The Best pushes his legs off easily.
The Best is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carlos has his foot on The Best's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. The Best works his way back into a safe position though.

Carlos working for a triangle but The Best defends it easily.

Carlos is looking for a triangle but The Best pushes his legs off easily.
The Best wants to pass the guard but Carlos is keeping the position.

Carlos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Carlos had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. The Best is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Carlos Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take The Best's back instead.

The Best is trying to shake Carlos off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Carlos won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carlos misses with a takedown attempt

and The Best counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Carlos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Carlos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Carlos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

The Best pulls guard effortlessly.

Carlos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Carlos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

The Best looking for a guillotine here but Carlos defends easily.
Carlos advances position into side control!
The Best tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Best sneaks back into half guard.
Carlos is looking to advance position but The Best won't allow it.

Carlos is working for a submission of some sort.
The Best is in trouble now - Carlos has advanced to mount!
The Best swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The Best gets back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Peak The Best.
I think The Best has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peak The Best!