PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eli Bracha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman has chosen Santana Ft Everlast - Put Your Lights On as his entrance music. Eli Bracha has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bracha
vs
Cartman

180 cm
28
181 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

170 cm
36
185 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eli Bracha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Cartman!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bracha takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Bracha takes the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Cartman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bracha scores with a hook to the body.
Cartman wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bracha has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bracha.
Cartman is looking for a takedown.
Cartman prevents a body shot from Bracha.
Bracha throws an elbow that misses.
Bracha lands a good knee to the midsection. Cartman won't want to take too many of those.
Bracha lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bracha holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bracha misses with the head strike.
Cartman is working for takedown but Bracha is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartman lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Bracha looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bracha moves into full guard.
Bracha looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bracha trying to keep a closed guard but Cartman is proving a slippery customer.
Bracha tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bracha pulls Cartman in close to prevent any damage.
Bracha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eli Bracha wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Bracha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartman.
A bone on bone clash there as Cartman blocks the leg kick.
Cartman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bracha.
Cartman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bracha. That one must have hurt.
Bracha lands with a straight right. Cartman didn't see that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cartman digs a good body shot into Bracha's ribs.
Bracha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cartman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A leg kick checked by Cartman.
Bracha's corner calls for a 1-2. Bracha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A big left from Cartman misses.
Bracha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bracha is looking to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Bracha scores with a four punch combination!
Bracha is looking to land body kicks.

Cartman 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.
Bracha has Cartman pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bracha looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cartman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bracha is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Cartman jumps into side control!
Bracha is trying to get back to half guard.
Who's going to make the next move?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bracha tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Cartman easily slips into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bracha sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cartman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bracha defending well though.
Bracha is looking to improve his position.
Bracha taking some punishment here, with Cartman in his half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Bracha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bracha is looking for a sweep. Cartman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Bracha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cartman slips a straight right by Bracha.
Cartman scores with a jab to the head.
Bracha connects with a crisp jab.
Cartman defending well as Bracha loads up on a big left hand.
Cartman jabs at Bracha's body.
Bracha throws a jab when Cartman was well out of range.
Cartman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A slow jab from Cartman misses its intended target.
Bracha throws a body kick that misses.
Cartman just misses with a punch to the body.
Eli Bracha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bracha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cartman moves away from the strike by Bracha.
Bracha throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bracha throws a sloppy body shot

and Cartman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bracha won't be happy with that.
Cartman working away.
Cartman in side control, throwing shots but Bracha defends.
Bracha is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Cartman asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Bracha regains half guard there - taking advantage of Cartman's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Cartman sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bracha defending well though.
Cartman is thwarting Bracha's attempts to control the position.
Bracha is staying active underneath Cartman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman throwing shots but Bracha is blocking nicely.
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Bracha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cartman prevents Bracha from improving his position.
Bracha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bracha has a hand on Cartman's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Cartman takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Bracha regains half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bracha is trying to control but can't.
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Bracha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bracha blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cartman.
Bracha looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cartman is thwarting Bracha's attempts to control the position.
Bracha tries to roll over but Cartman keeps him under control.
Cartman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cartman thows a huge punch but Bracha dodges it nicely.
Bracha looks like he's trying to stand up.
Cartman prevents Bracha from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bracha has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cartman is working away from the top position though.
Bracha is concentrating on defense, preventing Cartman from advancing position.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Eli Bracha just wasn't active enough.
Bracha is looking to slow Cartman down with leg kicks.
Bracha lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot lands for Cartman.
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.
Bracha tries to move into range but Cartman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bracha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cartman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bracha lands a jab.
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 Eli Bracha will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Bracha swings for the body but Cartman moves out of range.
Bracha misses the shot to the body.
Bracha misses with a hook

and Cartman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bracha won't be happy with that.
Bracha pushes Cartman away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Cartman gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Eric Cartman has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bracha can't do much from the bottom here.
Cartman lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bracha tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Cartman gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Well, with Cartman on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Bracha is tapping out... Can he escape the position?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Cartman misses with an elbow to the head.
Cartman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bracha is in bad spot here.
Cartman is not going to allow Bracha to sit and survive in this position.
Cartman is looking to control Bracha but Bracha is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Cartman lands a shot to the body.
Bracha trying to control the action but Cartman just sinks the hooks in.
Bracha finds himself mounted whilst avoiding strikes.
Eric Cartman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bracha tries to reverse the position but Cartman maintains control.
Bracha tries to hold on but Cartman postures up.
BOOM! Cartman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cartman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Bracha?
Cartman has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bracha's face.
Bracha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cartman unloading with bombs!

Bracha is rocked!
Cartman looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bracha covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Cartman!
After winning the bout, Eric Cartman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.