PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cejudo (ranked 2914 p4p, 3415 weight class) and Jumes Cartin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cejudo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Olympic Spirit. Henry Cejudo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jumes Cartin's chin.

Cejudo
vs
Cartin

163 cm
24
130
2 - 0 - 0

163 cm
25
140
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
Urban Fighter

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Cejudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jumes Cartin!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cartin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cejudo goes for a takedown attempt but Cartin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cartin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cejudo moves away.

Cartin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cejudo wants to take the fight to the mat but Cartin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cartin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cartin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cejudo blocks it with crossed arms.
Cartin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cartin.

It looks like Henry Cejudo has been cut.
Cartin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cejudo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cartin walks away with a smile on his face. Cejudo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Cejudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartin works the jab nicely.
Cartin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartin works Cejudo's body with a nice hook.
Jumes Cartin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cejudo moves out of range of the body kick from Cartin.
Cartin scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body kick there by Cartin.
Cartin lands with a slapping head kick.

Cejudo is rocked!
Cejudo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cejudo fails with a takedown attempt.
Cejudo dodges the punch combination from Cartin.
A quick step to the side and Cejudo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cejudo fails to land the takedown.
Cejudo fails with the takedown

and Cartin counters with a head kick that drops Cejudo to the mat! Cejudo scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Oh Cejudo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cejudo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cartin.
Cejudo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cartin. Cartin obviously looking to wear him down.
Cejudo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cartin is fending him off so far but Cejudo persists. Nope, Cartin circles away and we're back to standing.

Cartin has managed to clinch.
Cejudo seems to have got his legs back now.
Cartin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cartin is pressed up against the cage. Cejudo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cartin down to the mat. Cartin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cejudo with a poor takedown
and Cartin counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cejudo takes a step back to recover.
Cartin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cejudo avoids the head kick by Cartin.

Cartin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cejudo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cartin trying to control the position but instead, Cejudo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cartin into the cage.
Cejudo wants a takedown.
Cejudo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cartin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cartin - that landed with a thud.
Cejudo is working for takedown but Cartin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cejudo tries to pull guard but Cartin won't allow it.
Cejudo wants to take the fight to the mat but Cartin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cejudo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cartin prevents it.
Cartin prevents the takedown attempt.
Cejudo is breathing heavily.
Cejudo goes for a takedown attempt but Cartin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cejudo steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cartin. That one must have hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jumes Cartin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Cejudo's cut.
That's time! Cejudo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A low kick lands for Cartin.
Cartin connects with a solid leg kick.
Cartin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cartin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cartin.
Cejudo shoots in for a takedown but Cartin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cartin throws a head kick but Cejudo moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cejudo avoids the head kick by Cartin.
Cartin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cejudo. That did some damage!
Jumes Cartin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cejudo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cejudo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cartin lands a front kick.
Cartin scores with a jab to the body.

Cejudo drives through with a takedown into Cartin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.

Cejudo 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.
Cejudo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartin keeping moving, preventing Cejudo from controlling successfully.
Cejudo controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cejudo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cejudo passes Cartin's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartin keeping hold of Cejudo's head, controlling as best he can.

Cejudo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Cejudo trying to control the action but Cartin is working from the bottom.
Cartin tries to get to full guard but Cejudo has control of the leg.

Cejudo is looking for a kimura here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cartin keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Cartin is trying to get back to full guard.
Cejudo moves nicely into side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cejudo landing a few strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jumes Cartin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Henry Cejudo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cartin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cartin.
Cartin misses with a body kick.
Cejudo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cartin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cartin connects with the punch.
Cartin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cejudo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Cartin.
Henry Cejudo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartin with a nice calf kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartin scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cejudo fails with the takedown.
Cartin throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Cejudo was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cartin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cejudo.

Cartin closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cartin.
Cejudo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cartin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Cejudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cejudo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cartin but Cartin pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cejudo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cartin circles away.
Cejudo goes for a double leg but Cartin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cartin continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cartin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cartin works on Cejudo's body with a couple of short punches.
Cartin is pressed up against the cage. Cejudo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cartin down to the mat. Cartin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cejudo fails with a takedown attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cejudo is trying to pull guard but Cartin has him pressed against the cage.
Cejudo tries to pull guard but Cartin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cartin landing knees to the head.
Cartin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cartin.
Cejudo will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cartin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cartin lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cartin.
Cartin lands a nice elbow.
Cartin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cejudo's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Cartin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cartin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cejudo rather than just go for the knockout.
Cartin scores with a kick to the body.
Cartin scores with a jab to the body.
Cartin drops Cejudo with a naaaaasty hook - Cejudo is in real trouble here! Cartin dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jumes Cartin!
Henry Cejudo was interviewed post fight and said 'Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.'.