PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diego Carpio (ranked 2369 p4p, 2374 weight class) and Keishin Smith (ranked 301 p4p, 302 weight class). Diego Carpio had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Carpio
vs
Smith

183 cm
26
155
6 - 5 - 0

178 cm
26
158
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Tokzik Dope L.A.

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Carpio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keishin Smith!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Carpio gets a clinch.
Carpio has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
Carpio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Carpio lands with a light punch inside.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Carpio misses with a knee to the head.
Carpio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
I was talking to Carpio's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Smith wants to break free but Carpio has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Carpio lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Keishin Smith has been cut.
Carpio works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Smith looks winded!
Smith working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carpio slowing the pace effectively.
Carpio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carpio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carpio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Carpio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Carpio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Carpio slows down the pace here.
Carpio stalling the fight.
A short right from Carpio.
Smith tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
Carpio pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smith tries to circle away but Carpio has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio is stalling here.
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith wants to break free but Carpio has control.
Carpio lands a hook that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Carpio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Carpio with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Carpio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Carpio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nice body punch from Carpio - that landed with a thud.
Carpio lands a knee to the body.
Carpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Carpio lands a left hand.
Carpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carpio manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Carpio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carpio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carpio stalling in the clinch.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carpio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Carpio.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Carpio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Carpio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Carpio lands an uppercut.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling the position.
Carpio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carpio pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right hook to the body lands for Carpio.
Carpio working Smith over with knees to the body.
Carpio misses with a knee to the head.
Carpio lands a knee to the body.
Carpio lands with a light punch inside.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Carpio scores a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Carpio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Carpio stalls.
Carpio working Smith over with knees to the body.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carpio lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Carpio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keishin Smith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Carpio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Carpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Carpio scores with a hook to the body.
Carpio has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Smith is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpio has double underhooks.
Carpio just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
Come on Carpio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Carpio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carpio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carpio prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Carpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith wants to break free but Carpio has control.
Carpio landing knees to the body.
Smith is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Carpio.
Carpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio stalling against the cage.
Carpio lands a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Carpio.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice elbow from Carpio.
Carpio just leaning against Smith, taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpio.
Carpio is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Carpio has Smith pressed against the cage.
Carpio scores with a knee to the head.
Carpio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Smith is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Smith can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Carpio landing knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Carpio.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Carpio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carpio.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carpio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Carpio.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling him.
Carpio crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
A short uppercut from Carpio.
Carpio landing knees to the body.
Carpio pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carpio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carpio lands with a left to the head.
Carpio landing knees to the head.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Carpio finish him?

That has opened up Keishin Smith's cut even more.
Carpio crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Smith seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio scores with a knee to the head.
Carpio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carpio pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Carpio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Come on Carpio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carpio.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Carpio has the dominant position.
Carpio stalling the fight.
Carpio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpio crunches a lovely knee into Smith's ribcage.
Carpio lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Carpio on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A short left from Carpio.
Smith managing to block the knees to the body from Carpio.
Carpio lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carpio lands an elbow inside.
Smith is trying to force a seperation but Carpio has the dominant position.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Diego Carpio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carpio.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Carpio.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Carpio pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Diego Carpio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keishin Smith's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Smith jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Carpio blocks a head kick by Smith.
Smith needs to keep his hands up - Carpio had a free shot at his head there.
Carpio lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Carpio closes the distance and clinches.
Carpio lands a knee to the body.
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carpio lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carpio lands a knee to the body.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Carpio as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Carpio on the inside.
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Smith takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Carpio lands a good knee to the midsection. Smith won't want to take too many of those.
Carpio lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpio pressing his opponent against the cage.
Smith wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carpio has him pressed against the cage.
Carpio working Smith over with knees to the body.
Carpio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carpio lands a knee to the head.
Carpio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpio.
Carpio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Carpio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Carpio.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carpio utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Carpio.
Carpio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Carpio lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Carpio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Smith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Smith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpio won't allow it.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.
Carpio prevents Smith from breaking the clinch.
Smith tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
Carpio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Smith in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Carpio stalling.
Carpio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Carpio keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Smith's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpio lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Carpio lands a right hand.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Carpio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Smith takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Smith lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Carpio is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carpio.
Carpio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Smith's face.
Carpio is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith is trying to break free.
Carpio has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith tries to circle away but Carpio has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpio lands with a short shot to the head.
Smith tries to break free but Carpio pushes him back against the cage.
Smith is trying to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling him.
Knees to the body from Carpio.
Carpio unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Carpio keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Carpio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Smith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Carpio trying to land knees to the body.
Carpio lands a nice shot to the body.
Smith can't break the clinch.
Smith tries to break the clinch but Carpio is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith avoiding damage as Carpio throws knees to the body.
Keishin Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Carpio lands a knee to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diego Carpio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Carpio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diego Carpio!