PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Cartona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sokoudjou has chosen Rob Zombie Feel so Numb as his entrance music. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cartona
vs
Thierry Sokoudjou

184 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Urban Fighter
Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Cartona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou !
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sokoudjou tries to clinch but Cartona is having none of it.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Cartona has managed to clinch.
Cartona gets through Sokoudjou 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cartona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sokoudjou backwards.
Cartona misses with an elbow over the top.

Cartona breaks from the clinch.
Cartona tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Sokoudjou on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sokoudjou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cartona as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cartona takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cartona.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokoudjou looking to throw knees to the head but Cartona is blocking nicely.
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
Sokoudjou misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sokoudjou misses with an elbow over the top.
Sokoudjou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sokoudjou goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartona.
Sokoudjou throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cartona has a couple of punches blocked by Sokoudjou .
Cartona lands a shoulder strike.
Sokoudjou misses with an elbow strike.
Cartona keeps control of Sokoudjou as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cartona lands with a short shot to the head.
Sokoudjou fails to pull guard.
Sokoudjou is trying to force a seperation but Cartona has the dominant position.
Cartona slowing the pace effectively.
Cartona makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sokoudjou misses with a knee strike.
Cartona swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokoudjou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sokoudjou missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Cartona.
Cartona tries to throw a body punch but Sokoudjou avoids it by throwing Cartona back against the cage.
Cartona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sokoudjou is trying to stall.
Sokoudjou looking to stall.
Sokoudjou takes a shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sokoudjou misses with some punches.
Cartona scores with a shoulder strike.
Cartona stalls.
Cartona fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cartona misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartona throws a head punch that misses.
Cartona stalling in the clinch.
Sokoudjou taking a breather.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cartona - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sokoudjou tries to pull guard but Cartona won't allow it.
Joey Cartona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartona throws an elbow but it misses.
Sokoudjou throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sokoudjou tries to land knees in the clinch but Cartona avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Cartona on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Sokoudjou 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cartona scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cartona takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cartona lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sokoudjou backwards.
Sokoudjou is trying to push Cartona away but Cartona has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cartona managing to block the knees to the body from Sokoudjou .
Cartona scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sokoudjou avoids a wild elbow strike from Cartona.
The referee is keeping an eye on Cartona - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sokoudjou tries to land a knee to the head but Cartona blocks with his arms.
Sokoudjou swings wildly with an uppercut but Cartona uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sokoudjou stalling in the clinch but Cartona improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokoudjou is trying to force a seperation but Cartona has the dominant position.
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cartona.
Cartona lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cartona throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cartona tries a knee to the head but Sokoudjou blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sokoudjou tries to land knees in the clinch but Cartona avoids the damage to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cartona.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cartona creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sokoudjou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cartona tries a knee to the head but Sokoudjou blocks it.
Cartona throws a head punch that misses.
Cartona looking to throw knees to the head but Sokoudjou is blocking nicely.
Sokoudjou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cartona misses with a punch on the inside.
Sokoudjou missing with knees to the body.
Sokoudjou is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cartona to keep the fight standing.
Cartona lands an uppercut.
Cartona trying to stall but Sokoudjou improves his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Cartona dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cartona darts in and clinches Sokoudjou up against the cage.
Cartona works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cartona looking to slow down the pace here.
Cartona lands a left hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sokoudjou just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cartona's brow.
Cartona's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sokoudjou is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cartona trying to stall but Sokoudjou improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartona avoids the elbow strike from Sokoudjou , against the cage.
Sokoudjou wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cartona.
Cartona misses with the head strike.
Sokoudjou is trying to break free.
Joey Cartona has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cartona manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Cartona on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartona digs a right hand into Sokoudjou 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sokoudjou 's gas tank.
Cartona is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sokoudjou can do to turn this around?
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
Sokoudjou tries to pull guard but Cartona forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A short right from Cartona on the inside.
Cartona lands an uppercut.
Sokoudjou misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sokoudjou wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cartona dodges an elbow strike from Sokoudjou .
Cartona blocks the elbow strike.
Cartona scores with a shoulder strike.
Cartona lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sokoudjou tries a knee to the head but Cartona blocks it.
Cartona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
Cartona misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartona is trying to maintain a safe position but Sokoudjou gets an underhook and turns Cartona into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartona lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sokoudjou backwards.
Sokoudjou pushes off an throws an elbow but Cartona leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sokoudjou has a couple of punches blocked by Cartona.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cartona blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cartona taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Sokoudjou doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cartona scores with a shot to the side of Sokoudjou 's head.
Cartona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cartona swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokoudjou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cartona dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cartona blocks the elbow strike.
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
Cartona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sokoudjou pushes off an throws an elbow but Cartona leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cartona misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartona lands with a light punch inside.
Cartona lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sokoudjou or not.
Come on Cartona - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sokoudjou tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cartona smiles and moves away.
Sokoudjou shoots in but no luck this time.
Joey Cartona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou .
Sokoudjou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sokoudjou tries to clinch up
and Cartona counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cartona gets a clinch.
Sokoudjou jumps guard but Cartona stands there with Sokoudjou around his waist. Sokoudjou gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cartona with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cartona.
Sokoudjou trying to stall but Cartona improves his position.
Sokoudjou is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Cartona to keep the fight standing.
Cartona lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sokoudjou misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sokoudjou just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cartona's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Cartona fails to land.
Cartona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sokoudjou blocks an uppercut.
Cartona stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartona dodges an elbow strike from Sokoudjou .
Sokoudjou throws a head punch that misses.
Cartona softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cartona misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Cartona dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A good leg kick by Cartona.
Sokoudjou lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cartona at a distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cartona.
Sokoudjou fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cartona cracks Sokoudjou with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sokoudjou shoots in but Cartona avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartona misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sokoudjou is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cartona with a body shot.
Sokoudjou doesn't manage to clinch there - Cartona circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokoudjou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cartona is looking for a counter combo.
Sokoudjou tries to clinch up
and Cartona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A good leg kick by Cartona.
Sokoudjou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cartona swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cartona throws a good cross that connects.
Sokoudjou tries to clinch up but Cartona circles away and keeps his distance.

Cartona forces Sokoudjou back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokoudjou blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sokoudjou .
Sokoudjou blocking some punches.
Sokoudjou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cartona lands a right hand.
Sokoudjou takes a shot to the head.
Sokoudjou trying to land knees to the body.
A short right from Cartona.
A head punch on the inside from Sokoudjou fails to land.
Cartona misses with a knee to the head.
Sokoudjou blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartona blocks the elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cartona.
Sokoudjou misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cartona.
Cartona throws an elbow that misses.
Sokoudjou tries a knee to the head but Cartona blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sokoudjou tries to land a knee to the head but Cartona blocks with his arms.
Cartona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cartona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sokoudjou stalling in the clinch but Cartona improves position.
Sokoudjou is looking to control Cartona's arms but Cartona gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sokoudjou has his back to the cage.
Cartona tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sokoudjou avoids it.
Cartona working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cartona throws a punch but it's blocked by Sokoudjou .
Sokoudjou pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sokoudjou looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cartona gets through Sokoudjou 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sokoudjou throws a head punch that misses.
Cartona swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokoudjou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sokoudjou throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cartona swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokoudjou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sokoudjou blocks an elbow strike.
Sokoudjou tries a body shot but Cartona blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokoudjou is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cartona is defending well for now.
Cartona throws an elbow but it misses.
Cartona lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cartona.
Sokoudjou is looking to break free of the clinch but Cartona has double underhooks.
Sokoudjou wants to get back to striking at distance but Cartona won't allow it.
Cartona misses with a hook from 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!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Come on Cartona - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cartona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sokoudjou misses with a knee strike.
Cartona misses with some punches.
Cartona working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sokoudjou misses with an elbow over the top.
Cartona is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sokoudjou fails to pull the fight into his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Cartona showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cartona 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Cartona!