|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matt Nowka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Carver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nowka comes to the cage accompanied by I Get Knocked Down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 178 cm
24
153 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
|
178 cm
24
155 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong |
|
Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matt Nowka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Carver!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nowka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nowka throws a right hand that Carver ducks under and follows up with a left that Carver also avoids with ease.
Carver looks to land a right hand but Nowka moved out of range.
Nowka connects with a jab.
A jab from Carver misses.
Carver misses with a lunging right hand
and Nowka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carver misses with a looping right.
Carver moves into range and connects with a jab.
A big right from Nowka misses.
Nowka misses with the combination.
Carver throws a one two combo.
Carver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nowka at a distance.
Carver scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Carver moves out of range as Nowka strikes.
Carver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nowka circles away quickly and effectively.
Nowka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nowka circles away quickly and effectively.
Nowka thows a body shot but no joy.
Carver misses with a right hand
and Nowka counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nowka looks to score with a jab to the body but Carver is just out of range.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowka throws an overhand right that lands on Carver's shoulder, as Carver tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nowka slips under a jab.
Carver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nowka.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Carver misses the target.
Nowka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carver at a distance.
Nowka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nowka takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carver avoids the body shot from Nowka.
Carver misses with a hook.
Carver misses with a double jab
and Nowka counters with a two punch combo.
Nowka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carver.
Carver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nowka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nowka stalks Carver and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Carver's face. Carver staggers backwards, shaken.
Carver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowka.
Nowka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Carver loads up on a big right hand but Nowka slips the punch.
Carver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nowka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowka misses with a hook to the body
letting Carver counter with a right hand.
Some wild striking there from Nowka.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Carver cracks Nowka with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nowka is looking to wear down Carver with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Carver moves into range and connects with a jab.
Carver takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice shot lands for Carver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Nowka misses.
Carver misses with a straight left.
Carver scores with a decent looking hook.
Nowka connects with a body shot that sends Carver's belly button to the back.
Nowka fails to land with a series of punches.
Carver takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Nowka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nowka scores with a hook to the body. Carver takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Carver might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nowka lands a head shot.
Carver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver with a hook.
Carver throws a jab but it's blocked by Nowka.
Nowka tries to bum rush Carver with a series of wild strikes but Carver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Carver misses with a straight left.
Nowka scores with a nice head shot.
Carver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the body from Carver misses
and Nowka counters with a straight right hand.
Nowka misses with the combination.
Nowka misses with a hook
and Carver counters with a stiff right hand.
Carver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carver misses with a double jab
and Nowka counters with a straight right hand.
Nowka digs a good body shot into Carver's ribs.
Nowka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nowka throws a body punch but Carver moves out of range.
A punch combination from Carver misses.
Carver misses with a few strikes there.
Nowka lands with a hook. Carver tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brian Carver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nowka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nowka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Carver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Carver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carver scores with a nice head shot.
A cross from Carver lands.
Nowka with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Carver to score with a decent uppercut.
Nowka misses with a looping right.
Nowka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Carver throws a poor cross that misses
letting Nowka counter with a right hand.
Nowka connects with a looping right hand.
Carver scores with a jab to the head.
Nowka cracks Carver with an open hand slap.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nowka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nowka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nowka moves forwards but Carver connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Carver misses with an uppercut
and Nowka counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Nowka misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matt Nowka will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nowka misses with a two punch combination.
Carver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nowka throws a body punch but Carver moves out of range.
Nowka lands a right hook to the body.
Carver listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nowka connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nowka misses with a two punch combination.
Nowka walks into a stiff left hand from Carver.
Nowka misses with a body shot.
Nowka takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Carver avoids the body shot from Nowka.
Carver lands a two punch combo.
A jab from Nowka misses.
Nowka throws a hook but Carver avoids it easily.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nowka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carver.
Nowka looks to land a left hand but Carver moved out of range nicely.
Matt Nowka is winning the standup battle so far.
Carver takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Carver throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nowka on the side of the head.
Nowka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nowka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Carver throws a one two combo.
Nowka throws a right hand that misses
and Carver counters with a series of strikes. Nowka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Carver throws a jab when Nowka was well out of range.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Nowka's head but Nowka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carver scores with a nice head shot.
Carver drops his hands momentarily and Nowka takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Carver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nowka.
Nowka takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big left from Carver misses.
Carver misses with a few strikes there.
Nowka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Nowka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carver scores with a shot to the body.
Matt Nowka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nowka connects with a looping right hand.
Carver punishes Nowka's body with a nice straight punch.
Carver throws a hook to the side of Nowka's head but Nowka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sloppy strikes from Carver. Those never looked like landing.
Carver misses with a hook. Nowka ducked under it nicely.
Carver misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nowka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carver throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowka throws a body punch but Carver moves out of range.
Carver misses with a body shot
and Nowka counters with a straight right hand.
Carver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nowka makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Carver scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nowka misses the shot to the body.
Nowka throws a lazy uppercut
and Carver counters with a one-two to the body.
Jab by Carver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Nowka misses.
Carver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nowka.
Carver throws an overhand right that lands on Nowka's shoulder, as Nowka tries to avoid the shot.
Carver throws a combination. Nowka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nowka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carver.
Carver scores with a jab to the jaw.
Nowka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carver connects with a crisp jab.
Carver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nowka cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nowka lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Carver at a distance.
Carver jabs at Nowka's body.
Nowka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nowka misses with a left hand
and Carver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carver misses the body punch
and Nowka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Carver avoids the body shot from Nowka.
Carver lands a jab to Nowka's midsection.
Nowka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Carver's hands.
Nowka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Carver loads up on a big right hand but Nowka slips the punch.
Nowka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carver throws a nice looking combination but Nowka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nowka throws a nice looking combination but Carver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carver throws an overhand right that lands on Nowka's shoulder, as Nowka tries to avoid the shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nowka.
Carver scores with a nice right hand.
Carver misses with a wild combination.
Carver takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Carver moves forwards but Nowka connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nowka scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carver throws a big shot that misses.
Carver connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nowka cracks Carver with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nowka connects with a good right hand that stumbles Carver. Carver circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nowka dodges the punch combination from Carver.
Nowka looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nowka walks into a stiff left hand from Carver.
Carver misses with a right hand
letting Nowka counter with a right hand.
Carver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Carver scores with a three punch combo!
Nowka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carver.
Carver throws a combination that misses
and Nowka counters with a right hand to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Carver dodges the punch combination from Nowka.
Nowka misses with the combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carver. Nowka does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Carver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Carver throws a right hand that misses
and Nowka counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carver thinking.
Nowka cracks Carver with a good jab.
Carver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Carver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Carver misses the target.
A left lands for Carver.
Nowka cracks a nice hook into Carver's ribs.
Nowka ducks under a wild hook from Carver.
Carver looks to throw the jab but Nowka is out of range.
Carver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nowka momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Carver.
Carver misses with an uppercut. Nowka saw that one coming.
Carver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Nowka.
Nowka lands with a good body shot.
Nowka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nowka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Carver misses with a body shot
and Nowka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Carver misses with a left hand
and Nowka counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nowka manages to avoid it.
Carver misses the shot to the body.
Nowka thows a body shot but no joy.
Carver falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nowka counters with a one-two to the body.
Nowka looks to land a combination. Carver sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Carver moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jab by Nowka.
Carver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nowka scores with a jab to the body.
Nowka misses with a two punch combination.
Nowka throws the left hand but Carver avoids the punch easily.
Carver throws a poor cross that misses
and Nowka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Carver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nowka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carver.
Carver scores with a punch to the head.
Nowka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Carver.
Nowka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carver was well out of range. Poor timing from Nowka.
Nowka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Nowka does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nowka lands with a good body shot.
Nowka looks to land a right hand but Carver moved out of range.
Carver throws a combination. Nowka tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nowka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Carver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Carver misses with a hook to the body
and Nowka counters with a three punch combo that has Carver backing up. Carver nods at Nowka to acknowledge the strikes.
Nowka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nowka circles away quickly and effectively.
Nowka scores with a sloppy right hand. Carver should have avoided that one.
Carver misses with a body punch
and Nowka counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nowka throws the left hand but Carver avoids the punch easily.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Carver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nowka.
Nowka takes a swing at Carver's ribcage but misses.
Carver misses with a body shot.
Nowka looks to land a combination but Carver avoids it well.
Carver misses with an uppercut
and Nowka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nowka throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Carver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Carver misses with a left hand
and Nowka counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carver ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Carver misses with a right hand
and Nowka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nowka closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nowka throws a big shot that misses.
Carver throws a poor cross that misses
and Nowka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nowka cracks Carver with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nowka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carver.
A left lands for Nowka.
Carver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nowka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nowka looks to land a combination but Carver avoids it well.
Carver takes a swing at Nowka's ribcage but misses.
Nowka misses with a hook.
Carver scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Carver sizes up Nowka with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Donk. Nowka catches Carver right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nowka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Carver.
A big left from Carver misses.
Carver throws an off balance right hand
and Nowka counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carver thinking.
Nowka looks to throw the jab but Carver is out of range.
Nowka jabs Carver to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Carver just misses with a punch to the body.
Carver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nowka misses the jab.
Carver misses with a looping left.
Danga de danga de dang - Nowka scores with a four punch combination!
Carver misses with a double jab
enabling Nowka to counter with a crisp jab.
Carver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nowka slips a straight right by Carver.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carver jabs Nowka to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Carver misses with an uppercut.
Nowka misses with a series of wild punches.
Carver throws a big shot that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Nowka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nowka 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Nowka!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
96% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
