PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Carpenter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tariq Hassan Hussain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Carpenter
vs
Hassan Hussain

178 cm
19
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dylan Carpenter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tariq Hassan Hussain!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Hugh Johnson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carpenter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Carpenter cracks Hussain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Carpenter has a takedown stuffed.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Carpenter!
Carpenter wants to clinch.

Hussain cracks Carpenter with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Carpenter looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Hussain finish him?

It looks like Dylan Carpenter has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carpenter moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hussain as he jumps to the side.
Carpenter blocks a jab.
Carpenter tries to clinch up.

Carpenter moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter tries to work over Hussain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Carpenter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hussain tries to break free but Carpenter pushes him back against the cage.
Carpenter misses with an elbow over the top.
Carpenter prevents Hussain from breaking the clinch.
Hussain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Carpenter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hussain.
Carpenter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hussains head.

Carpenter breaks the clinch.
Carpenter looks to land a combination but Hussain avoids it well.
Hussain looks to land a left hand but Carpenter moved out of range nicely.
Carpenter fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Carpenter. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter slips under a jab from Hussain.

Carpenter has Hussain up against the cage in a clinch.
Hussain blocks an elbow strike from Carpenter.

Carpenter breaks the clinch.
Hussain throws an overhand right that lands on Carpenter's shoulder, as Carpenter tries to avoid the shot.
Hussain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Carpenter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Hussain misses.
Carpenter moves away from the strike by Hussain.
Carpenter scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Hussain misses.
Carpenter moves to clinch but Hussain breaks away
and Carpenter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter misses with a few strikes there.
Dylan Carpenter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Carpenter has managed to clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Carpenter obliges.
Hussain looks gassed!

Carpenter breaks the clinch.

Carpenter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hussain is looking to break free of the clinch but Carpenter has double underhooks.

Carpenter breaks the clinch.
Hussain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hussain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk. Hussain catches Carpenter right on the button with a cross.

Carpenter takes the fight into the clinch.
Carpenter prevents Hussain from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carpenter prevents Hussain from breaking the clinch.
Carpenter is working Hussain over against the cage.

Carpenter manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carpenter is defended easily by Hussain.
A good leg kick by Carpenter.

Hussain gets tackled into the cage by Carpenter. Carpenter maintains the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Carpenter throws an elbow but it misses.
Carpenter lands a right hand.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tariq Hassan Hussain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dylan Carpenter's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Carpenter fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Carpenter tries to clinch there but Hussain circles away.
Hussain is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Carpenter.
Carpenter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tariq Hassan Hussain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hussain throws the left hand but Carpenter avoids the punch easily.
Hussain throws a right hand that misses

and Carpenter counters by moving into the clinch.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Carpenter has him pressed against the cage.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Carpenter has closed the distance and engaged Hussain in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Hussain's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hussain throws a hook to the side of Carpenter's head but Carpenter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carpenter tries to clinch up but Hussain circles away and keeps his distance.

Carpenter closes the distance and clinches.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Carpenter has him pressed against the cage.
Carpenter tries to throw a body punch but Hussain avoids it by throwing Carpenter back against the cage.
Hussain wants to get back to striking at distance but Carpenter won't allow it.
Hussain is trying to break the clinch but Carpenter is controlling him.
Carpenter unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hussain lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hussain is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Carpenter scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Carpenter.
Carpenter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Carpenter lands a nice shot to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Carpenter here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Nice body punch from Carpenter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carpenter breaks the clinch.
Hussain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Carpenter.

Carpenter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dylan Carpenter has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Carpenter lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Carpenter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hussain gets tackled into the cage by Carpenter. Carpenter maintains the clinch.
Carpenter landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Carpenter lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Tariq Hassan Hussain has been cut.
Hussain takes an elbow to the temple.
Carpenter lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Carpenter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Carpenter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hussain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carpenter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hussain paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Carpenter forces Hussain back against the cage and clinches.

Carpenter breaks the clinch.

Carpenter closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Carpenter lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Carpenter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Carpenter postures up and lands a big shot to Hussain's brow.
Carpenter advances to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Carpenter connects with a nice short shot to Hussain's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carpenter uses his free foot to push down on Hussain's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hussain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Carpenter lands a heavy elbow.
Hussain is bucking up trying to escape but Carpenter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hussain in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Carpenter lands with some strikes.
Hussain is bucking up trying to escape but Carpenter cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Carpenter raining down hammerfists from mount.
Carpenter landing strikes from the mount and Hussain is in trouble!
Carpenter is landing with some decent strikes but Hussain is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Carpenter dominating with strikes here.
Carpenter 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.
Carpenter putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Carpenter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Carpenter with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hussain taking shots to the head.
Carpenter dominating with strikes here.
Dylan Carpenter overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Carpenter punishing his opponent with strikes.
Carpenter has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hussain's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dylan Carpenter dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!

Carpenter tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carpenter lands a jab-cross combination.
Carpenter shoots for a double leg takedown but Hussain sprawls well. He's pushed Carpenter's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Carpenter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Hussain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Carpenter slips under a jab from Hussain.

Carpenter gets a clinch.
Hussain is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

Hussain breaks the clinch.
Hussain misses the jab.

Carpenter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hussain, pushing him back against the cage.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hussain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Carpenter closes the distance and pushes Hussain back into the cage.
Hussain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short uppercut from Carpenter.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carpenter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Carpenter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Carpenter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hussain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Carpenter moves in looking to clinch but Hussain pushes him off.
Hussain throws a shot from downtown. Carpenter moves away and avoids it.
Carpenter tries to clinch but Hussain moves out of range.
Hussain 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.
Hussain misses with an uppercut. Carpenter saw that one coming.
Carpenter tries to close the distance and clinch but Hussain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Carpenter works over Hussain's head and body with a nice combination.

Carpenter clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carpenter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hussain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Carpenter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Carpenter lands a body shot.

Carpenter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carpenter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hussain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carpenter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hussain can do to turn this around?
Carpenter fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Carpenter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carpenter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carpenter has a takedown stuffed.
Carpenter tries to clinch up
and Carpenter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carpenter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Carpenter works over Hussain's head and body with a nice combination.
Carpenter with a hook.
Hussain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hussain misses with a straight right.
Nice takedown defense from Hussain. No joy for Carpenter on that attempt.
Carpenter is looking to clinch but Hussain is avoiding it.
Hussain takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Carpenter fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Carpenter closes the distance and pushes Hussain back into the cage.
Hussain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Carpenter.

Carpenter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carpenter throws a series of punches but Hussain avoids them all with ease.

Carpenter rushes Hussain and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Carpenter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carpenter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hussain but Hussain pushes him off and we're back to square one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hussain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Carpenter.
Hussain takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dylan Carpenter showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carpenter 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dylan Carpenter!