PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ah Shizzle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ah Shizzle struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Shane Carwin has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Carwin
vs
Shizzle

184 cm
20
244 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
285 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Carwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ah Shizzle!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carwin looks to land a combination. Shizzle sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shizzle misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Carwin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Shizzle looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Carwin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Carwin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carwin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Carwin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shizzle to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shizzle is not content to let Carwin control the position.
Check out the look on Carwin's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carwin cracks Shizzle with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shizzle prevents Carwin from improving position.
Carwin trying to control the position but Shizzle is working away.

Carwin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shizzle, who protects the arm well.
Carwin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Carwin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Carwin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Carwin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shizzle, who protects the arm well.
Shizzle is working to avoid the ground and pound but Carwin connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carwin moves into full mount!

Carwin working for a guillotine from mount but Shizzle is in no mood to give up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carwin looking to finish with strikes here!
Carwin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Carwin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carwin controlling the pace for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carwin looking to finish Shizzle with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shizzle!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shizzle defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Carwin.
Carwin has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shizzle's face.
Carwin wants to control the pace but Shizzle is squirming around nicely.

Carwin is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Shizzle can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Shizzle trying desperately to get to his feet.
Carwin with good strikes from the mount here!

Carwin looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carwin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Carwin looking for a guillotine from mount but Shizzle is having none of it.
Carwin 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 looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Carwin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Carwin.

Carwin is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Shizzle has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Shizzle!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shizzle wants to control from the top but Carwin keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Carwin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carwin cracks Shizzle with a right hand to the side of the head.
Carwin with a jab.

Carwin 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.
Carwin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shizzle's guard.
Carwin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Shizzle is refusing to be controlled, as Carwin sits in half guard.
Carwin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carwin working over Shizzle with some ground and pound. Shizzle looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Carwin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shizzle trying to control from the bottom.
Carwin works his way into side control.
Shizzle is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carwin advances to mount.
Carwin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Carwin swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shane Carwin!