|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Cutwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toni Manel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manel has chosen A Portuguesa as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 197 cm
32
285 lbs
29 - 13 - 0 |
|
190 cm
29
250 lbs
27 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
|
Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Cutwood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Toni Manel!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutwood bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Manel closes the distance and clinches up with Cutwood, looking for a takedown. Manel pushes Cutwood against the cage but Cutwood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Manel slips a jab from Cutwood.
Cutwood looks to land a right hand but Manel moved out of range.
Manel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Cutwood defends it well.
Cutwood throws a leg kick but Manel sees it coming and moves out of range.
And Manel tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutwood pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cutwood lands with a hook. Manel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Manel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And Manel tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutwood pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cutwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Manel.
Manel with the counter takedown but Cutwood avoids it easily.
Cutwood lands a jab to the head.
Manel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cutwood manages to avoid it.
Cutwood wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutwood tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Manel decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cutwood's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cutwood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cutwood tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cutwood 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cutwood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Manel is one step ahead there.
Manel is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
It looks like Carlos Cutwood has been cut.
Manel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Manel wants to control from the top but Cutwood keeps moving.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Manel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cutwood forces Manel back against the cage and clinches.
Manel drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cutwood pulls his leg out and moves away.
Manel moves out of range as Cutwood throws a body kick.
And Manel tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutwood pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood throws a hook to the side of Manel's head but Manel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutwood loads up on a big right hand but Manel slips the punch.
Manel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Manel on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Manel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cutwood.
A good leg kick by Manel.
Cutwood cracks Manel with a big right hand and Manel goes down!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cutwood trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Manel looking for a sweep. Not yet Manel, not yet.
Manel lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Manel throws a big right hand that misses.
Manel stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cutwood swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cutwood is on top in guard.
Manel wants to sweep but no luck.
Manel lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Manel throwing strikes but missing.
Manel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutwood working a defensive guard here.
Cutwood bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Manel's guard.
Manel is controlling Cutwood's posture.
Cutwood showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Cutwood trying to control the position from guard on top but Manel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cutwood preventing the sweep.
Manel working a defensive guard but Cutwood manages to pass into side control anyway.
Manel is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Cutwood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carlos Cutwood's cut.
That's time! Cutwood's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cutwood stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cutwood wants it to stay on the feet.
Manel ducks under a wild hook from Cutwood.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutwood is looking to clinch but Manel is avoiding it.
Carlos Cutwood is winning the standup battle so far.
Cutwood connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cutwood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Manel with the counter takedown but Cutwood avoids it easily.
Cutwood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Manel's calf.
Cutwood throws a hook to the side of Manel's head but Manel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Manel blocks a leg kick.
Manel is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Manel is looking to slow Cutwood down with leg kicks.
Manel throws a jab when Cutwood was well out of range.
Cutwood looks to clinch
and Manel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cutwood won't be happy with that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cutwood is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manel with the ground and pound but Cutwood uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Cutwood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manel can do to turn this around?
Manel stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Cutwood has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Manel manages to get his head free but now Cutwood has transitioned to an armbar! Manel grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Cutwood! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Carlos Cutwood!
Carlos Cutwood retains his heavyweight title!
Carlos Cutwood decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
40% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
