PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Ziskie (ranked 350 p4p, 1030 weight class) and Muchy Cartwright (ranked 55 p4p, 158 weight class). Cartwright has chosen Mauled as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ziskie
vs
Cartwright

187 cm
29
186
19 - 8 - 1

192 cm
29
198
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Mike Ziskie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Muchy Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ziskie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ziskie. Cartwright does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cartwright has closed the distance and engaged Ziskie in a clinch.
Cartwright lands an elbow that stopped Ziskie in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mike Ziskie has been cut.
Cartwright lands a body shot.
Ziskie misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartwright.
A short left from Cartwright.
Cartwright lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ziskie backwards.
Cartwright throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cartwright tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cartwright blocks a body shot from Ziskie.
Cartwright tries to work over Ziskie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cartwright working Ziskie over with knees to the body.
Cartwright blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ziskie takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've been hearing reports that Ziskie has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ziskie is breathing heavily.
Still in the clinch, Cartwright scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cartwright landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cartwright is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cartwright landing knees to the head.
Cartwright is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ziskie is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cartwright.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ziskie backwards.
Cartwright scores with a hook to the body.
Cartwright cracks Ziskie with a nice body shot.
Cartwright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Cartwright.
Cartwright lands an elbow just above Ziskie 's eye.
Knees to the body from Cartwright.
Cartwright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cartwright dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cartwright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cartwright lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cartwright obliges.
Cartwright scores with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright lands a nice shot to the body.
Cartwright lands a good knee to the midsection. Ziskie won't want to take too many of those.
Cartwright scores with a hook to the body.
Cartwright lands with a short shot to the head.
Cartwright lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright lands a body punch.
Cartwright utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cartwright misses with a knee strike.
Ziskie misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartwright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ziskie throws a punch but it's blocked by Cartwright.
A short body shot lands from Cartwright as the two fighters clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A shot in the inside from Cartwright.
Cartwright is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cartwright landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cartwright is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cartwright throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cartwright lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cartwright.
A short left from Cartwright.
Cartwright lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cartwright landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ziskie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cartwright.
Ziskie tries to work over Cartwright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ziskie misses with some punches.
Ziskie working aggressively here.
Cartwright lands a knee to the body.
Cartwright lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cartwright unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ziskie lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cartwright landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cartwright lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cartwright blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ziskie fails to land.
Cartwright lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ziskie or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cartwright scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees to the body from Cartwright.
Cartwright unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cartwright lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright lands a left hand.
Cartwright is leaning against Ziskie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ziskie takes a shot to the head.
Cartwright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright crunches a lovely knee into Ziskie's ribcage.
Cartwright stalling against the cage.
Cartwright scores with a nice hook to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cartwright.
Cartwright lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cartwright.
Cartwright lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ziskie working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartwright.
Cartwright scores with a shot to the side of Ziskie's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cartwright lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ziskie backwards.

Ziskie is rocked!
Cartwright scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oh Ziskie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knees to the body from Cartwright.
Cartwright lands a right hand.
Cartwright has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Ziskie - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Cartwright, and another! Ziskie is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Muchy Cartwright!
A relieved looking Muchy Cartwright thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.