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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Catchy Cartwright (ranked 1468 p4p, 2568 weight class) and Jeremy Bentham (ranked 161 p4p, 268 weight class). Cartwright comes to the cage accompanied by Spiders. 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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150
7 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
25
157
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Catchy Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Bentham!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright throws a shot to the body.
Bentham shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bentham is looking to clinch.
Bentham throws a lazy right hand but Cartwright sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cartwright seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Cartwright blocks the body kick.
Cartwright checks a low kick from Bentham.
Bentham is looking to clinch but Cartwright is avoiding it.
Bentham lands a nice looking body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentham wants to clinch up but Cartwright keeps it at a distance.
Cartwright misses with a hook. Bentham ducked under it nicely.
Bentham feints and then cracks Cartwright's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cartwright down.
Cartwright throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bentham.
Cartwright avoids a kick to the body.
Cartwright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cartwright lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bentham throws a half hearted mid kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Bentham.
Bentham slips a straight right by Cartwright.
Cartwright throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bentham counters with a good, hard body kick but Cartwright shrugs it off.
Bentham throws a big shot that misses.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bentham looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cartwright backing away here, and Bentham unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cartwright fails with the takedown
and Bentham counters with a nice body kick.
Bentham throws a leg kick that misses.
Bentham swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cartwright.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartwright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cartwright keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jeremy Bentham is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cartwright moves away from the strike by Bentham.
Bentham throws a leg kick but Cartwright sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cartwright waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bentham.
Cartwright keeps the fight on the outside.
Bentham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cartwright is out of range and Bentham settles back down.
Bentham connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bentham stuffs the takedown attempt from Cartwright. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet.
Bentham tries a quick counter leg kick but Cartwright is wise to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Catchy Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cartwright moves out of range of the body kick from Bentham.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Bentham tenderised Cartwright's leg. Cartwright is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cartwright will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cartwright has a takedown stuffed.
Bentham misses with a kick to the body.
Bentham fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bentham turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cartwright with a lazy takedown attempt
and Bentham counters by clinching up.
Cartwright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bentham crunches a lovely knee into Cartwright's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bentham landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bentham prevents the takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Bentham dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bentham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bentham misses with the body kick
and Cartwright counters with a straight right hand.
Cartwright shoots in looking for a takedown. Bentham tries to sprawl out of it but Cartwright keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bentham manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bentham flicks out a counter leg kick but Cartwright steps away.
Bentham steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cartwright. That one must have hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bentham uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cartwright.
Bentham steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cartwright blocks the body kick.
Cartwright feinted with a counter takedown.
Cartwright looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Bentham.
Bentham ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartwright moves away.
Bentham scores with a head kick. Cartwright tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cartwright lands a nice shot to the body.
Cartwright tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bentham sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cartwright somewhat.
Bentham replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cartwright blocks it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bentham. That's going to slow Cartwright down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bentham tries to clinch up.
Cartwright walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bentham.
Bentham has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cartwright misses with a jab to the body
and Bentham counters with a nice kick to the body.
Bentham lands a leg kick that knocks Cartwright off balance momentarily.
Cartwright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bentham wants to clinch up but Cartwright keeps it at a distance.
Cartwright is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cartwright misses with a body shot.
Bentham only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Cartwright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bentham was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartwright.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bentham misses with the body kick
and Cartwright counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham is looking to improve his position.
Bentham trying to control but Cartwright postures up.
Cartwright drops an elbow to the side of Bentham's head.
Bentham has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Bentham wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cartwright connects with a nice short shot to Bentham's temple.
Cartwright is working for a submission of some sort.
Cartwright prevents Bentham from improving his position.
Bentham is looking to control Cartwright's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bentham avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cartwright trying to control the position from guard on top but Bentham is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bentham working a defensive guard but Cartwright manages to pass into side control anyway.
Cartwright working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cartwright lands a few punches from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bentham can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cartwright working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cartwright thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Catchy Cartwright will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick by Bentham misses
and Cartwright counters with a takedown into side control.
Bentham throws Cartwright to one side and escapes!
Cartwright fails with a takedown attempt.
Bentham misses with a body kick.
Cartwright attempts a counter takedown but Bentham avoids it well and moves away.
Cartwright fails with a takedown attempt.
Bentham throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jeremy Bentham seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Catchy Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright throws a right and a left that Bentham avoids nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bentham! But no joy.
Bentham pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cartwright throws a body shot but no joy.
Bentham scores with a push kick.
Bentham getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bentham fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cartwright on the side of the head.
Bentham connects with a high kick.
Cartwright is rocked!
A low kick lands for Bentham.
Oh Cartwright is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bentham pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cartwright is out of range and Bentham settles back down.
Cartwright seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright takes a swing at Bentham's ribcage but misses.
Cartwright steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Bentham. That one must have hurt.
Cartwright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cartwright is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cartwright.
Bentham raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bentham tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cartwright manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Cartwright on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cartwright misses with a body punch
and Bentham counters with a good low kick that Cartwright was not able to check.
Cartwright throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bentham counters with a body kick that stops Cartwright in his tracks momentarily.
Cartwright slips under a jab from Bentham.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bentham lands with a slapping head kick.
Cartwright has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bentham.
Nice body kick from Bentham.
Bentham bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cartwright misses the shot to the body.
Cartwright blocks a head kick by Bentham.
Cartwright is looking to wear down Bentham with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bentham. Cartwright shrugs it off though.
Cartwright misses with a combination
and Bentham counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bentham lands a head kick. Cartwright smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bentham lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cartwright misses with a kick to the body
and Bentham counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartwright connects with a crisp jab.
Cartwright misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Bentham responds with a good body kick, but Cartwright manages to step out the way in time.
Bentham scores with a kick to the body.
Bentham scores with a kick to the midsection.
Bentham tries to close the distance and clinch but Cartwright swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Bentham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bentham has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Bentham!
Our winner, Jeremy Bentham, 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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