PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Minh Mays (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman has chosen Sweet child o mine as his entrance music. John Cartman has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Minh Mays's chin.

Mays
vs
Cartman

206 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Minh Mays!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Cartman!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Mays closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cartman's guard.
Mays wants to stand and escape but instead Cartman has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Mays striking off his back but it's not causing Cartman any problems.

Mays is looking for a triangle here but Cartman uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Mays looks to move to half guard but instead Cartman has passed into mount! Damn!
Mays regains half guard.

Mays is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cartman pulls his head out easily.

Cartman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mays defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartman is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Mays defends it well.
Cartman prevents Mays from improving his position.

Cartman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Mays looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mays is looking for a sweep. Cartman is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mays flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cartman is trying to control. Mays wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mays tries to roll over but Cartman keeps him under control.
Mays punching from the bottom.
Mays misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Mays wants to control but Cartman is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman tries to stand and escape but Mays is controlling the position.

Mays is defending against the submission attempts here by Cartman.
Cartman is controlling the pace.

Cartman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mays doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cartman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays is trying to get back to full guard.
Mays is looking to control Cartman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mays avoid being mounted?
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mays wants to improve his position but Cartman is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Cartman will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Mays bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartman is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mays has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Mays tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mays has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Mays working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Mays goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Cartman has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Mays but great work by Cartman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartman is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Mays knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Cartman is trying to get an arm triangle but Mays is defending well.
Cartman taking a breather here.
Mays really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays gets back to half guard.
Cartman is thwarting Mays's attempts to control the position.
Mays tries to roll over but Cartman keeps him under control.
Mays slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays is looking to sweep but instead, Cartman has passed into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mays is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cartman blocks the strikes from Mays.
Cartman prevents Mays from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cartman is looking for a kimura here.
Mays is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cartman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mays doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cartman.
Mays knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cartman on the ground.

Cartman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mays doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cartman.
John Cartman has got the better of the ground game so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cartman stops Mays from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Cartman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Mays closes the distance looking to clinch

and Cartman counters with a shoot takedown. Mays fights it but they end up in guard.
Mays wants to sweep but no luck.
Mays looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cartman puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
It looks like Cartman is going to stand back up.
Mays is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartman is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mays is trying to get back to full guard.

Cartman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Mays doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cartman.
Cartman tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Mays.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mays gets back to full guard.
Mays has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Cartman has passed into side control.
Mays tries to buck Cartman off but Cartman is having none of it.
Cartman trying to control the action but Mays is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mays is trying to improve his position.
Mays looks to move to half guard but instead Cartman has passed into mount! Damn!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mays looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Mays showing good submission defense here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You can see the frustration on Mays's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mays is working hard here to advance position.
John Cartman is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cartman is not going to allow Mays to sit and survive in this position.
Mays tries to escape but Cartman has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Mays trying to control the position but Cartman manages to sink in the hooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mays wants to escape the position.
Minh Mays has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
John Cartman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cartman winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Cartman!
Our winner, John Cartman, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.