PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dj Blast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luiz Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luiz Carvalho is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Blast
vs
Carvalho

188 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dj Blast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luiz Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho throws a one two combo.
Carvalho misses with a body shot.
Carvalho misses with a looping left.
Blast takes one to the chin there.
Blast lands a jab.
Blast ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy left from Carvalho finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carvalho needs to keep his hands up - Blast had a free shot at his head there.
Blast avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carvalho misses with a few strikes there.
Blast swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Blast does no damage.
Blast slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Carvalho takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blast misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheers as Carvalho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blast doesn't seem phased though.
Carvalho avoids the body shot from Blast.
Carvalho swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Carvalho looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Carvalho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Blast throws a big shot that misses.
Carvalho digs a good body shot into Blast's ribs.
Blast blocks a jab.
Blast has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A swing and a miss from Blast.
Blast shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blast has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carvalho finds it's way round the side to connect with Blast's head.
Blast swings for the body but Carvalho moves out of range.
Blast throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Carvalho loads up on a big right hand but Blast slips the punch.
Carvalho swinging wildly here.
Carvalho connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carvalho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blast shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Carvalho tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blast swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Carvalho 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.
Carvalho defending well as Blast loads up on a big left hand.
Blast throws a lazy right hand but Carvalho sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carvalho gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Carvalho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Carvalho gets through Blast's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Carvalho lands a hook to the side of the head.

Blast escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carvalho takes a swing at Blast's ribcage but misses.
Carvalho fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blast moves out of range as Carvalho strikes.
Carvalho throws the left hand but Blast avoids the punch easily.
Blast misses the shot to the body.
Carvalho slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Blast misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blast will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho just misses with a punch to the body.
Carvalho takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blast misses with a straight left.
Blast throws a good cross that connects.
Blast jabs at Carvalho's body.
Carvalho swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Blast counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blast keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carvalho.
Carvalho throws out a loose jab but Blast uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carvalho fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Donk. Carvalho catches Blast right on the button with a cross.
Carvalho gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blast throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luiz Carvalho dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blast misses with the combination.
Carvalho throws a right hand that misses
and Carvalho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blast misses with a two punch combination.
Blast walks into a straight right hand from Carvalho.
The crowd cheers as Blast lands an impressive looking overhand right. Carvalho doesn't seem phased though.
Blast scores with a nice right hand.
Nice straight punches there by Blast. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blast.
Blast throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Carvalho tries to clinch but Blast moves out of range.
Blast misses with the combination.
Carvalho lands with a cross.
Carvalho fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blast dodges the punch combination from Carvalho.
Blast misses the shot to the body.
Blast changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Carvalho moves in looking to clinch but Blast pushes him off.
Blast looks to score with a jab to the body but Carvalho is just out of range.
Carvalho throws a right and a left that Blast avoids nicely.
Blast connects with the punch.
Luiz Carvalho seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blast misses with a series of wild punches.
Blast misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Carvalho counters with a three punch combo that has Blast backing up. Blast nods at Carvalho to acknowledge the strikes.
Blast works the jab nicely.
A big left from Blast misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Carvalho throws a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Blast there.
Dj Blast is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blast is looking to land body kicks.
Blast scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blast throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Carvalho.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carvalho. Blast does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carvalho moves out of range as Blast strikes.
Some wild striking there from Carvalho.
Carvalho throws a right and a left that Blast avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blast scores with a hook.
Carvalho misses with a double jab
and Blast counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Carvalho thinking.
Blast misses with a double jab.
Blast scores with a punch to the head.
Blast throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blast dips to his left and cracks Carvalho with an uppercut!
Carvalho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blast throws a nice looking combination but Carvalho bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Carvalho jabs Blast right on the nose. Blast blinks but takes it well.
Carvalho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blast just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho throws a hook to the side of Blast's head but Blast sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carvalho steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Blast.
Carvalho loads up on a big right hand but Blast slips the punch.
Carvalho lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Carvalho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blast momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blast throws a right hand that Carvalho ducks under and follows up with a left that Carvalho also avoids with ease.
Carvalho misses with a hook to the body
and Blast counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Blast uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Carvalho.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blast with a jab.
Blast misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blast misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dj Blast dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Blast dips to his left and cracks Carvalho with an uppercut!
Carvalho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blast misses with an attempted mid kick.
Blast misses with a straight left.
Carvalho walks into a left hand.
Blast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Carvalho lands a jab to Blast's midsection.
Luiz Carvalho seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carvalho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carvalho fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blast slips under a jab.
Carvalho misses with the combination.
Blast closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blast misses with an uppercut. Carvalho saw that one coming.
Carvalho blocks a jab.
Carvalho throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Blast.
Nice body punch from Blast.
A telegraphed right hand from Carvalho misses the target.
Carvalho walks into a jab.

Carvalho clinches.
Carvalho throws a punch but it's blocked by Blast.

Blast breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Carvalho misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blast.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blast misses with a body shot.
Blast fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carvalho manages to avoid it.
Carvalho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blast wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Carvalho lands a nice hook to Blast's body. Blast takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Carvalho. That snapped Blast's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blast tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blast looks to score with a jab to the body but Carvalho is just out of range.
Carvalho missing with a left hand there. Blast was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Carvalho throws a big shot that misses.
Carvalho has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Carvalho misses with a hook. Blast ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Blast.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blast thows a left - swing and a miss!
Carvalho tries to clinch but Blast is having none of it.
Carvalho misses with a hook. Blast ducked under it nicely.
Blast throws a hook to the side of Carvalho's head but Carvalho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Carvalho moves to clinch but Blast breaks away
and Blast counters with a left to the body.
Carvalho moves away from the strike by Blast.
Blast keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Carvalho.
Blast misses with a straight left.
Blast takes a jab right on the kisser.
Blast throws a body punch but Carvalho moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blast clobbers Carvalho with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blast throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Carvalho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blast looks to land a body kick but Carvalho moved away.
Carvalho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blast moves away.
Nice cross by Carvalho.
Blast misses with a looping right.
Blast scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Carvalho doesn't seem bothered though.

Blast gets tackled into the cage by Carvalho. Carvalho maintains the clinch.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Carvalho.
A head punch on the inside from Carvalho fails to land.
Blast takes a shot to the head.
Carvalho has a couple of punches blocked by Blast.
Carvalho lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luiz Carvalho.
Well Carvalho has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Luiz Carvalho!