PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and shane carwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Dragonforce - Operation Ground And Pound. Paul Jones is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Jones
vs
carwin

208 cm
19
262 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

200 cm
23
253 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, shane carwin!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Jones 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 wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but carwin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
carwin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
carwin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Jones tries to hold on but carwin pushes him away.
carwin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but carwin has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.

carwin goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jones turns into him and now he's in carwin's guard.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to carwin's brow.
Jones passes into half guard.
carwin looks gassed!
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. carwin defending well though.
Jones slips a nice elbow through carwin's hands, connecting with carwin's forehead.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
carwin tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
carwin misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of carwin's head.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed carwin's head.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones throwing shots but carwin is blocking nicely.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

carwin pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
carwin avoiding damage.

Jones decides to pull guard.
carwin postures up.
carwin is looking to stand up but Jones won't let him.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Jones lands an upkick as carwin stands over him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells carwin's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones has a closed guard, preventing carwin from standing up.
carwin postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
carwin fails with a takedown attempt.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but carwin keeps moving.
carwin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
carwin keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
carwin is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
carwin digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs.
carwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones scores with the left hand. carwin knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Jones prevents carwin from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Jones dominated that 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.

Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!

Jones clinches up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, carwin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
carwin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
carwin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Jones is trying to drag carwin to the mat but carwin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
carwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
carwin cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
carwin tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
carwin presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
carwin lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
carwin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones dodges an elbow strike from carwin.
Jones is working for takedown but carwin is calmly controlling the position for now.
carwin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but carwin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jones trying to control but carwin is working from the bottom.
Jones is working carwin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
carwin wants to stand but Jones is controlling the position.
carwin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to hold on but carwin pushes him away.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Jones looking for a guillotine here but carwin defends easily.
carwin must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
carwin postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for carwin!
Paul Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks carwin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Jones working for a submission but carwin is keeping him at bay.
carwin is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
carwin can't escape the position.
BOOM! Jones connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jones cracks carwin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
carwin is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
carwin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but carwin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Jones is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but carwin is surviving well by controlling Jones's body position as best he can.
carwin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Paul Jones will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones tries a low kick but carwin avoids it.
carwin shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and carwin counters with a two punch combo.
Good work by carwin as he checks the leg kick.
Jones clobbers carwin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
carwin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
carwin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
carwin throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jones closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
carwin looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
carwin won't allow Jones to pass to mount.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks carwin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but carwin keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones shoots in and drives through. carwin sprawls well.
carwin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones thuds his right hand into carwin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paul Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
carwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
carwin checks a low kick from Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and carwin counters with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in carwin's guard.
Jones prevents carwin from getting back to his feet.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones postures up in carwin's guard and throws a big left but carwin blocks it.
carwin is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

carwin wriggles free and stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown

and carwin counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
carwin is tying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. carwin manages to get himself to full guard.
carwin throws a couple of heel strikes.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now carwin is on top in guard.
Jones keeping moving, preventing carwin from controlling successfully.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
carwin looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
carwin being controlled here momentarily.
Jones wants to sweep here but carwin controlling him for the moment.
carwin passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
carwin wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
shane carwin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Jones is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but carwin pulls his head out easily.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul Jones.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 30:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Jones!