PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chest Mangold (ranked 3657 p4p, 2548 weight class) and Clin Cartwright (ranked 402 p4p, 316 weight class). Cartwright is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cirice. Chest Mangold could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Clin Cartwright's chin.

Mangold
vs
Cartwright

179 cm
26
155
7 - 9 - 1

171 cm
24
158
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Conviction
Conquer

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

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 7 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chest Mangold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Clin Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cartwright tries to keep at a distance but Mangold has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mangold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cartwright fails to pull guard.
Mangold swings wildly with an uppercut but Cartwright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cartwright misses with the head strike.
Mangold cracks Cartwright with a nice body shot.
Mangold lands an uppercut.
Cartwright tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cartwright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mangold to keep the fight standing.
Chest Mangold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clin Cartwright.
Mangold lands an uppercut.
Cartwright tries to pull guard but Mangold holds him up against the cage and eventually Cartwright drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cartwright.
Cartwright's coach down at Irish Collar & Elbow Academy (ICE) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cartwright's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mangold tries to work over Cartwright's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Cartwright on the inside.
Mangold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cartwright is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Mangold to keep the fight standing.

Cartwright pulls guard successfully.

Cartwright looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Mangold passes into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Cartwright throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mangold wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

Cartwright working for a submission but Mangold is keeping him at bay.
Mangold is trying to stand.
Mangold on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mangold tries to get out of the position.
Cartwright working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Mangold wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! Cartwright has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! Mangold taps furiously! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Clin Cartwright!
During a confident post fight interview, Clin Cartwright thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.