PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Don Cartagena (ranked 2212 p4p, 244 weight class) and Louis Paterson (ranked 3847 p4p, 393 weight class). Cartagena comes to the cage accompanied by The Crack Attack. Paterson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ce Fait Mal - La Founine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cartagena
vs
Paterson

175 cm
26
165 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

171 cm
28
159 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cartagena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Louis Paterson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartagena misses with a jab to the body
and Paterson counters with a nice uppercut.
Paterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paterson lands a jab to the head.
Paterson misses with an uppercut. Cartagena saw that one coming.
Paterson with a nice cross.

Paterson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cartagena looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Paterson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paterson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paterson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cartagena wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Paterson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paterson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cartagena's efforts to push away.
Paterson throws a head punch that misses.

Cartagena manages to break the clinch.
Paterson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cartagena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paterson misses with a hook
and Cartagena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louis Paterson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cartagena staying out of range there.
Cartagena throwing a counter right hand but Paterson manages to avoid it.
Cartagena throws a jab when Paterson was well out of range.
Paterson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paterson misses with a looping right.
Cartagena blocks a jab.
Cartagena lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

Paterson dives in and scores a takedown into Cartagena's guard.
Cartagena wants to get back to his feet but Paterson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Paterson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paterson with a flurry of punches that miss.

Cartagena pushes Paterson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Cartagena throws a right and a left that Paterson avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paterson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cartagena cracks Paterson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cartagena moves out of range of the strikes.
Paterson throws a looping overhand right but Cartagena ducks down to avoid it.
Cartagena takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Paterson misses.
A head kick by Paterson misses
and Cartagena connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paterson throws a body punch but Cartagena moves out of range.
Cartagena moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cartagena looks to score with a jab to the body but Paterson is just out of range.
Paterson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cartagena circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cartagena seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cartagena scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartagena waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paterson.
Paterson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartagena throws a big counter combination but Paterson scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cartagena uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paterson.
A jab from Cartagena misses.
Cartagena lands a two punch combo.
Cartagena takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Paterson misses with an uppercut. Cartagena saw that one coming.
Paterson lands with a cross.
Paterson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartagena.
A punch combination from Paterson misses.
Paterson misses with a hook.
Paterson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paterson there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Cartagena has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Cartagena throws a shot from downtown. Paterson moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Cartagena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Paterson lands.
Paterson misses with a hook. Cartagena ducked under it nicely.
Cartagena is looking for a counter combo.
Cartagena swinging wildly here.
Paterson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Paterson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Paterson stalling against the cage.
Paterson working aggressively here.
Paterson keeps control of Cartagena as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paterson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cartagena wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paterson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Paterson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Paterson swings widly with a right hand
and Cartagena connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paterson feints and then cracks Cartagena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cartagena down.
Paterson looks to land a left hand but Cartagena moved out of range nicely.
Louis Paterson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Paterson moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cartagena scores with a body shot.
Cartagena misses with a series of wild punches.
A little jabbing left from Paterson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Paterson throws the left hand but Cartagena avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Cartagena was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Cartagena drops Paterson with a beautiful combination! Paterson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Cartagena is looking for the KO!

Paterson is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartagena slips a straight right by Paterson.
Paterson is still on wobbly legs! Can Cartagena finish him?
Paterson misses with a body kick.
Cartagena was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Paterson seems to have recovered his senses.
Cartagena takes a swing at Paterson's ribcage but misses.
Paterson throws an overhand right that lands on Cartagena's shoulder, as Cartagena tries to avoid the shot.
Cartagena appears to be looking for a big counter.
Cartagena with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartagena throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Paterson counter with a right hand.
Cartagena lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Paterson falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Don Cartagena!
A very excited looking Don Cartagena made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.