PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Clint Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastyn Dall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright comes to the cage accompanied by Total Domination. The crowd seem to be enjoying Dall's choice of entrance music: Beast. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cartwright
vs
Dall

170 cm
29
141 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

170 cm
27
148 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clint Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bastyn Dall!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright shoots in looking for a takedown. Dall tries to sprawl out of it but Cartwright keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dall manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cartwright has been working on his balance at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Dall.
Cartwright blocks a low kick nicely.
Cartwright looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Cartwright darts in and clinches Dall up against the cage.
Dall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dall stalling the fight.
Dall blocking some punches.
Dall lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cartwright lands a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dall just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartwright scores with a shot to the side of Dall's head.
Dall gets through Cartwright's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but Dall holds him up against the cage and eventually Cartwright drops back down to his feet.
Cartwright trying to land knees to the body.

Dall breaks the clinch.
Dall has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cartwright is landing a low percentage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall is looking to slow Cartwright down with leg kicks.
Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Dall. That snapped Cartwright's head back.
Dall thows a leg kick but Cartwright checks it

and Cartwright counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Cartwright has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dall is working to get back to half guard.
Dall regains half guard.
Dall is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Dall actively working from the bottom here.
Cartwright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dall has hold of Cartwright's hands but Cartwright slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Dall is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cartwright pulls his head out easily.
Cartwright is looking to take a break and control but Dall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dall gets full guard.
Cartwright lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cartwright trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cartwright has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Dall looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dall is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cartwright throwing strikes but missing.
Dall is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright preventing the sweep.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartwright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dall looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cartwright is one step ahead there.
Cartwright scoring with some ground and pound.

Dall working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cartwright doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cartwright manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Cartwright sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dall's guard.
Cartwright winds up and cracks Dall with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cartwright drops an elbow to the side of Dall's head.
Cartwright slips a nice elbow through Dall's hands, connecting with Dall's forehead.
Cartwright prevents Dall from improving his position.
Cartwright looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cartwright 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.
Cartwright missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cartwright lands strikes from half guard.

Cartwright is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dall sees it coming and defends easily.
Dall is trying to get back to full guard.

Cartwright is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cartwright is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Clint Cartwright dominated that round.
That's time! Cartwright's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Dall misses the shot to the body.
Dall throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dall but Dall pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dall misses with a wild combination.
Dall connects with a body shot.
Cartwright tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Dall defends well and Cartwright ends up having to push Dall into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cartwright feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Dall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Dall throws out a powerful jab.
Cartwright shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cartwright thuds a left hand into Dall's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dall lands with a nice body punch.
Dall misses with a looping left.
Cartwright takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bastyn Dall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dall misses with a head kick.
Dall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dall goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cartwright looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartwright connects with a leg kick. Dall looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cartwright goes for a double leg but Dall avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Dall continues to drive forward.
Dall lands with a thumping leg kick.
Dall is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cartwright rather than just go for the knockout.
Dall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dall tries a head kick but it misses.
Dall fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cartwright is out of range.
Cartwright fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright fails with a takedown attempt.
Dall scores with a nice right hand.
Good leg kick by Dall there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cartwright tries to clinch up but Dall circles away and keeps his distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright tries to clinch but Dall is having none of it.
A low kick from Dall misses

and Cartwright counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Dall working for a triangle but Cartwright defends it easily.
Cartwright is working Dall over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dall is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cartwright defends well.
Dall wants to sweep here but Cartwright controlling him for the moment.

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 working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dall's head.
Cartwright postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dall wants to sweep here but Cartwright controlling him for the moment.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartwright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dall lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Cartwright throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dall advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dall trying to control the action but Cartwright is working from the bottom.
Cartwright gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cartwright won't allow Dall to pass to mount.

Cartwright looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Clint Cartwright overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dall is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Cartwright!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartwright can't escape the position.
Cartwright stops Dall from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Cartwright tries to hold on but Dall postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastyn Dall showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Dall misses with a wild body shot.
Cartwright attempts a counter takedown but Dall avoids it well and moves away.
Dall throws a nice head kick!
Dall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cartwright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dall.
Dall tries to work over Cartwright's front leg with a kick but Cartwright checks it.
Cartwright tries for a takedown but Dall sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cartwright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dall throws a body kick, spinning off balance

and Cartwright counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Dall is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright is in close to Dall's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartwright keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dall's head.
Cartwright distracts Dall with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cartwright passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dall sneaks back into half guard.

Dall looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cartwright working the head and body with strikes.

Dall looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dall trying to control here.
Cartwright working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dall is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cartwright scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cartwright lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright working Dall over with strikes.

Dall is rocked!
Cartwright slips a nice elbow through Dall's hands, connecting with Dall's forehead.
Dall is still in real trouble! Can Cartwright finish him?
Cartwright scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dall is looking to control Cartwright's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dall avoid being mounted?

Cartwright is looking for a kimura here.
Cartwright prevents Dall from improving his position.
Cartwright winds up and cracks Dall with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright working over Dall with some ground and pound. Dall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartwright drops an elbow to the side of Dall's head.
Cartwright lands a big elbow - Dall is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Cartwright!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Clint Cartwright!
Our winner, Clint Cartwright, 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.