PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by I Get Money. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jackson
vs
Carwin

187 cm
21
286 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

189 cm
19
265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Canadian Fighter Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Carwin!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Carwin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson shoots in but no luck this time.

Carwin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jackson was covering up waiting for the punch and Carwin finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Jackson pushes Carwin off and gets back to his feet.
Carwin shoots and misses

and Jackson counters by clinching up.
Carwin looking to throw knees to the head but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Carwin backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Carwin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Carwin prevents the takedown attempt.
Jackson controlling the action here for a moment.

Carwin breaks from the clinch.

Jackson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jackson stays in close to Carwin's body and controls the position.
Jackson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Carwin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Jackson presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Jackson raining down shots from the mount!
Carwin is trying to escape the mount.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Carwin to control.
Carwin tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Carwin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jackson with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carwin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jackson working Carwin over with strikes here.
Jackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Carwin can't escape the position.
Carwin looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carwin really wants to buck Jackson off and get back to his feet.
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jackson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Carwin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jackson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Carwin is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jackson prevents Carwin from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Jackson.
Carwin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jackson tries to control but Carwin wriggling away.
Carwin is desperately trying to improve his position but Jackson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Carwin tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Jackson landing punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carwin's face.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Carwin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jackson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson is landing with some decent strikes but Carwin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson landing strikes from the mount.
Jackson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jackson scoring with strikes but Carwin is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Carwin is rocked!
Jackson scoring with strikes but Carwin is staying in there.
Jackson tries to control but Carwin wriggling away.
Jackson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Carwin hang on?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Carwin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Carwin to control.
Jackson working Carwin over with strikes here.
Jackson cracks Carwin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jackson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carwin is bucking up trying to escape but Jackson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carwin is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Jackson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jackson slaps away a takedown attempt from Carwin, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Jackson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Carwin taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Jackson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jackson prevents Carwin from improving his position.
Carwin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Carwin is trying to get back to full guard.
Curtis Jackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carwin is breathing heavily.
Jackson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin taking some punishment here, with Jackson in his half guard.
Jackson takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jackson slips a nice elbow through Carwin's hands, connecting with Carwin's forehead.
Jackson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Carwin is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Jackson lands strikes from half guard.
Jackson slips a nice elbow through Carwin's hands, connecting with Carwin's forehead.
Jackson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Carwin tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jackson drops an elbow to the side of Carwin's head.
Ground and pound from Jackson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is looking to control Jackson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Carwin avoid being mounted?
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jackson lands a nice short elbow.
Carwin is looking to improve his position.
Jackson controlling the action here.
Carwin wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.
Jackson content to control rather than advance.
Carwin tries to get to full guard but Jackson has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is in trouble now - Jackson has advanced to mount!
Jackson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jackson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Carwin is looking to escape.
Jackson with the ground and pound from mount.
Carwin is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is squirming around, avoiding Jackson's attempts to control the action.
Carwin wants to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Jackson landing strikes from the mount and Carwin is in trouble!
Carwin is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Carwin can do to turn this around?
Jackson with good strikes from the mount here!
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Carwin is looking to improve his position but Jackson isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jackson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Carwin taking shots to the head.
Jackson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Carwin's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Jackson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Jackson feints and as Carwin raises his hands in defense, Jackson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jackson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jackson trying to control but Carwin is working from the bottom.
Jackson lands a couple of digs.
Jackson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Carwin wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
Jackson distracts Carwin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jackson works over Carwin with some ground and pound from guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Carwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carwin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jackson controlling from the top position.
Carwin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Carwin wants to stand and escape but Jackson is having none of it.

Carwin scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Carwin wants to clinch but Jackson slips to the side

and Jackson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Carwin!
Jackson lands with some strikes.
Jackson with shots to the head and body - Carwin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jackson unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin is looking to get to half guard.
Jackson avoids the attempt from Carwin to control.
Jackson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Carwin looks a forlorn figure.
Carwin wants to control but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson with the ground and pound from mount.
Jackson prevents Carwin from getting the reversal.
Jackson scoring with strikes but Carwin is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson landing punches.
Jackson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jackson controlling his opponent.
Carwin is in a horrible position here. Jackson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jackson unloading with bombs!
Carwin is working to get back to half guard.
Jackson blocks Carwin's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jackson tries to control but Carwin wriggling away.
Jackson with shots to the head and body - Carwin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Shane Carwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Carwin tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.
Jackson lands a big elbow.
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jackson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jackson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Carwin is looking to improve his position but Jackson isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the head.
Jackson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Curtis Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Carwin tries to reverse the position but Jackson maintains control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:25
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Jackson!