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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Jam (ranked 2183 p4p, 1992 weight class) and Clin Cartwright (ranked 229 p4p, 217 weight class). Cartwright has chosen Cirice as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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160 cm 23 150 7 - 4 - 0 |
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171 cm 22 158 5 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Excellent boxer Fast |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sammy Jam! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clin Cartwright! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cartwright cracks Jam with a good jab. Cartwright throws a right hand that misses
enabling Jam to counter with a crisp jab. Cartwright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jam sees it coming and avoids it easily. Cartwright's corner calls for a 1-2. Cartwright obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Cartwright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartwright has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Jam swats away the attempt to clinch by Cartwright. Jam is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Cartwright scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jam doesn't seem bothered though. Cartwright lands a head shot. Cartwright drives through and clinches with Jam against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Cartwright.
Cartwright lands a shoulder strike. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jam has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cartwright avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cartwright creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Cartwright throws a punch but it's blocked by Jam. Cartwright working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cartwright lands a left hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cartwright. Cartwright lands a body punch. Cartwright misses with a punch on the inside.
Cartwright misses with a hook from the clinch. Jam tries for a takedown but Cartwright manages to get underhooks.
Jam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cartwright uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jam. Jam scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Cartwright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jam as he jumps to the side. Jam moves away from the strike by Cartwright. A little feinted left hand from Jam on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Cartwright doesn't manage to clinch there - Jam circles away.
Cartwright fails in his attempt to clinch. Jam ducks under a wild hook from Cartwright.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cartwright is looking to score with low kicks. Jam went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Jam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cartwright. Cartwright is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Cartwright defending well as Jam loads up on a big left hand. Jam checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Horrible takedown attempt by Cartwright or perhaps it was just good defense by Jam, which made it look bad. Cartwright shoots for a double leg takedown but Jam sprawls well. He's pushed Cartwright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Sammy Jam has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clin Cartwright. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Cartwright punishes Jam's body with a nice straight punch. Clin Cartwright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jam paws at him with a jab and circles away. Jam swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Cartwright misses with a body shot.
Cartwright fails with the takedown letting Jam counter with a right hand. Cartwright looking to score a takedown here. Jam is defending well but Cartwright drives through and ends up in Jam's guard. Jam wriggles free and stands up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jam misses with a hook
and Cartwright counters with a single leg into guard. Jam didn't expect that. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Cartwright stopping the sweep attempt from Jam. Cartwright wants to control from the top but Jam keeps moving. Jam might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Jam looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cartwright is one step ahead there. Jam pulls Cartwright in to control the position. Cartwright looking to sit in guard and control but Jam gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jam looking to sit in guard and control but Cartwright gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Jam has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Cartwright stopping the sweep attempt from Jam. Cartwright trying to control the position from guard on top but Jam is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Cartwright is looking to work some ground and pound but Jam has wrist control. Jam looking to control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clin Cartwright dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Cartwright connects with the punch. Cartwright misses with an uppercut. Jam saw that one coming. Cartwright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cartwright takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Cartwright misses with a looping right. Jam throwing a counter right hand but Cartwright manages to avoid it. Cartwright shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jam as he jumps to the side. Jam throws a body shot but no joy. The fight stays on the outside here - Cartwright looks like he's thinking about clinching though. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Cartwright shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Cartwright tries to stand but Jam is controlling from the bottom. Cartwright wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Jam's closed guard. He's half up but Jam has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Jam pivots and extends the arm, Cartwright falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Jam! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sammy Jam! Sammy Jam bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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