PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cy Cartwright (ranked 6622 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph White (ranked 6359 p4p, 552 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Cartwright
vs
White

181 cm
18
168 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

192 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cy Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph White!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright needs to keep his hands up - White had a free shot at his head there.

Cartwright rushes White and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

White pulls Cartwright into guard.
Cartwright is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cartwright sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed White's guard.

Cartwright is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and White defends it well.
White is looking for a sweep. Cartwright is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cartwright is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White tries to roll over but Cartwright keeps him under control.
Cartwright trying to mount his opponent but White defends it.

Cartwright wants to work for an arm triangle but White is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to improve his position but Cartwright is controlling well.
Cartwright working the head and body with strikes.
Cartwright looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cartwright lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cartwright is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cartwright perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
White is trying to stand up here but Cartwright is controlling him well.
Cartwright winds up and cracks White with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
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.
Cartwright lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
White is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cartwright raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cartwright wants to control the pace but White is squirming around nicely.
Cartwright raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cartwright lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cartwright lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
White can't escape the position.
Cartwright working the ground and pound effectively.
Cartwright is landing with some decent strikes but White is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cartwright in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
White is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cartwright looking to finish White with some ground and pound. This is bad for White!

White is rocked!
Cartwright is in the full mount, landing strikes.
White is still in real trouble! Can Cartwright finish him?
Cartwright putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Cartwright lands with some strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartwright raining down shots from the mount!
Cartwright connects with a bit shot that sees White covering up! More strikes from Cartwright and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cartwright is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cy Cartwright!