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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kick Boxer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cian Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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183 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kick Boxer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cian Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boxer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cartwright drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Boxer defends it well.
Boxer swings for the body but Cartwright moves out of range.
Cartwright wants to clinch.
Boxer was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Boxer getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cartwright doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cartwright fails with the takedown
and Boxer counters with a nice body shot.
Boxer slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer lands a nice hook to Cartwright's body. Cartwright takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cartwright has a takedown stuffed.
Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch but Boxer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kick Boxer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cartwright misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kick Boxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cian Cartwright.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boxer lands with a hook. Cartwright tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Boxer throws a hook but Cartwright blocks it.
Sloppy strikes from Boxer. Those never looked like landing.
Cartwright clinches up with Boxer and pushes him back against the ropes.
Boxer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Boxer lands a damaging elbow.
Cartwright takes an elbow to the forehead.
Boxer misses with an elbow over the top.
Boxer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boxer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Cian Cartwright has been cut.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but Boxer forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Cartwright pulls guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cartwright is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cartwright escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Boxer gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cartwright is on top in guard.
Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Boxer has wrist control.
Cartwright is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Boxer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cartwright on the ground.
Boxer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boxer is trying to keep Cartwright in close.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Boxer wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cartwright distracts Boxer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Boxer blocks nicely.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boxer trying to control the position.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cartwright throwing strikes but missing.
Boxer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Boxer has wrist control.
Cartwright working some strikes from top position.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Boxer blocks nicely.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Boxer blocks nicely.
Boxer is trying to control the position but Cartwright postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kick Boxer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cian Cartwright's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cartwright takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Boxer just misses with a punch to the body.
Boxer cracks Cartwright with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cartwright throws a series of punches but Boxer avoids them all with ease.
Boxer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartwright.
Boxer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cartwright can do to turn this around?
Cartwright takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Boxer lands a head shot.
Boxer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cartwright fails with the takedown.
Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch but Boxer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Boxer as he connects with a hook.
Boxer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot lands for Boxer.
Boxer throws a right and a left that both miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Boxer throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boxer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Boxer connects with an inside leg kick.
Boxer throws a solid leg kick but Cartwright takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Boxer.
Cian Cartwright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boxer wants to slow Cartwright down by chopping away at his legs.
Boxer misses with a body shot.
Cartwright is looking for the big counter here.
Boxer throws a big shot that misses.
Kick Boxer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cartwright blocks a jab.
Cartwright closes the distance and clinches up with Boxer, looking for a takedown. Cartwright pushes Boxer against the ropes but Boxer circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cartwright misses with a takedown attempt - Boxer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kick Boxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cian Cartwright.
Boxer lands the left hand.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Boxer moves away
and Boxer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Boxer does it's job there.
Boxer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer looks to throw the jab but Cartwright is out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Boxer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boxer fakes the leg kick and cracks Cartwright in the body.
Boxer lands a leg kick that knocks Cartwright off balance momentarily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Cartwright or perhaps it was just good defense by Boxer, which made it look bad.
Boxer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Boxer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Boxer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cartwright manages to avoid it.
Cartwright ducks under a wild hook from Boxer.
Cartwright takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cartwright has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Boxer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartwright moves away.
Cartwright tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Boxer throws an overhand right that lands on Cartwright's shoulder, as Cartwright tries to avoid the shot.
Cartwright closes this distance looking for a takedown but Boxer circles away.
Boxer tried to counter with a leg kick but Cartwright avoided it.
Cartwright feints and as Boxer raises his hands in defense, Cartwright changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boxer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cartwright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cartwright drops back looking for a leg! Boxer is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Boxer manages to kick Cartwright off! Cartwright jumps back into Boxer's guard.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boxer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartwright.
Cartwright throwing strikes but missing.
Cartwright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four 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.
Cartwright works over Boxer with some ground and pound from guard.
Cartwright postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
Boxer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cartwright drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cartwright jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cartwright postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Boxer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartwright.
Cartwright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boxer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartwright chips away with some ground and pound.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kick Boxer dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cian Cartwright's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cartwright shoots in looking for a takedown. Boxer tries to sprawl out of it but Cartwright keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Boxer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Boxer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartwright was well out of range. Poor timing from Boxer.
Boxer lands a right hook to the body.
Boxer stuffs the takedown attempt from Cartwright. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet.
Kick Boxer is winning the standup battle so far.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Kick Boxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cian Cartwright.
Cartwright misses with a takedown
and Boxer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boxer tries to land a front kick but Cartwright steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Boxer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cartwright takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Boxer throws a looping overhand right but Cartwright ducks down to avoid it.
Boxer tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Boxer as he avoids it easily.
Boxer just misses with a punch to the body.
Boxer scores with a kick to the body.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense.
Cartwright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Boxer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by Boxer.
Boxer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Boxer pulls Cartwright in close to prevent any damage.
Cian Cartwright has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boxer is trying to control the position but Cartwright postures up.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartwright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cartwright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boxer has momentary wrist control but Cartwright slips an elbow through the middle.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Boxer blocks nicely.
Cartwright throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Boxer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boxer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cartwright.
Cartwright content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
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!
Cartwright lands a couple of digs.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boxer pulls Cartwright in close to his closed guard and prevents Cartwright from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cartwright is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boxer has Cartwright pulled in close to control his posture.
Cartwright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cartwright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cartwright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cartwright trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boxer is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cartwright missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cartwright accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cartwright is working Boxer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Boxer has wrist control.
Cartwright throws a big elbow that misses.
Boxer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cartwright lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Boxer trying to control the position.
Cartwright in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cartwright postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cartwright postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
Cartwright postures up in Boxer's guard and throws a big left but Boxer blocks it.
Cartwright landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Cian Cartwright just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Cian Cartwright's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Boxer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartwright throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Boxer's waist but Boxer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cartwright off to one side.
Nice shot lands for Boxer.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but Boxer shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Boxer swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Boxer scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Boxer leaves Cartwright with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kick Boxer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cian Cartwright.
Boxer scores with a punch to the head.
Cartwright takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cartwright goes for a double leg but Boxer avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Boxer continues to drive forward.
Cartwright shoots and misses
and Cartwright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boxer lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright shoots in but no luck this time.
Cartwright is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Cartwright tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Boxer swivels and escapes.
Cartwright takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Boxer finds it's way through Cartwright's defenses.
Cartwright chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Boxer can pounce on him.
Cartwright misses with a takedown
and Boxer counters with a nice body shot.
Boxer uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Boxer throws out a powerful jab.
Boxer lands with a shot to the body.
Boxer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cartwright manages to avoid it.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boxer sprawls well. Boxer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet.
It looked like Boxer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boxer fakes the leg kick and cracks Cartwright in the body.
Boxer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cartwright is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boxer moves in close and cracks Cartwright with a massive right hand! Cartwright, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Boxer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kick Boxer!
An out of breath Kick Boxer thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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