PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jill Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Leonard
vs
Cartman

176 cm
24
145 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

165 cm
22
150 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jill Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Cartman!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard throws a front kick that sends Cartman stumbling back into the cage.
Leonard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A head kick by Cartman misses
and Leonard counters with a good, hard body kick but Cartman shrugs it off.
Leonard looks to land a combination but Cartman avoids it well.
Leonard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cartman walks into a straight right hand from Leonard.
Leonard takes a swing at Cartman's ribcage but misses.
Leonard lands a leg kick that knocks Cartman off balance momentarily.
Jill Leonard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonard throws a leg kick
and Cartman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cartman with a hook.
Cartman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leonard.
A telegraphed right hand from Cartman misses the target.
Leonard lands with a thumping leg kick.
Leonard slips under a jab.
Cartman jabs at Leonard's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard misses with a wild body shot.
Cartman throws a lazy head kick
and Cartman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cartman lands with a hook. Leonard tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cartman scores with a jab to the head.
Leonard moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonard. Cartman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cartman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leonard walks into a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cartman. Leonard does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cartman lands with an overhand left.
Cartman throws out a loose jab but Leonard uses good head movement to avoid it.
Eric Cartman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cartman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cartman tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman moves forwards but Leonard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cartman falls off balance throwing a combination
and Leonard counters with an outside leg kick.

Leonard closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Leonard lands in his opponent's guard.
Leonard will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Leonard won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Cartman trying to control the position here.
Leonard trying to control but Cartman is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Leonard pushes down on Cartman's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Leonard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cartman's head.
Cartman wants to control but Leonard is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Leonard wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cartman keeps working.
Leonard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

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.
Leonard is stalling here. Cartman is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Leonard seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cartman has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Leonard is looking to reverse the position.
Leonard gets back to half guard.
Cartman controlling the action here.
Cartman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leonard trying to control from the bottom.
Cartman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cartman stands up from half guard.
Cartman misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman dominated that round.
That's time! Leonard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Leonard misses with a low kick.
Cartman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonard closes the distance and clinches up with Cartman, looking for a takedown. Leonard pushes Cartman against the cage but Cartman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Leonard shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cartman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartman is pulling down on Leonard's head to control his posture.
Cartman wants to sweep but no luck.
Cartman trying to keep a closed guard but Leonard is proving a slippery customer.
Cartman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cartman content just to control the position here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard is desperately trying to improve his position but Cartman has a good base and remains in mount.
Leonard regains half guard.
Leonard tries to get to full guard but Cartman has control of the leg.
Cartman keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Leonard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cartman is working away from the top position though.
Cartman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Leonard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cartman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Eric Cartman wasn't active enough on the ground.
Leonard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leonard slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Leonard swinging wildly here.
Cartman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartman scores with a shot to the body.
Cartman stuffs the takedown attempt from Leonard. Leonard gets slowly back to his feet.
Leonard swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman throws a left and a right that both miss
and Leonard counters with a nice leg kick.
Leonard ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartman moves away.
Cartman goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonard gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The fighters circling - Cartman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leonard tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cartman swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jill Leonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leonard throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cartman.
Eric Cartman seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cartman misses with a straight left.
Leonard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cartman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leonard swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leonard tries to work over Cartman's front leg with a kick but Cartman checks it.

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.
Leonard misses with an uppercut.
Cartman tries a head kick but it misses.
Leonard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Leonard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cartman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cartman misses the shot to the body.
Leonard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cartman.
Cartman misses with an uppercut. Leonard saw that one coming.
Cartman misses with a wild body shot.
Cartman misses the shot to the body.
Cartman drops his hands momentarily and Leonard takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A shot to the liver by Leonard. Beautiful body shot.
Cartman throws a sloppy head kick and Leonard moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cartman throws a lazy right hand but Leonard sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Leonard clinches up against the cage.
Leonard wants a takedown.

Cartman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leonard with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cartman to score with a decent uppercut.
Leonard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cartman throws a body punch but Leonard moves out of range.
Cartman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cartman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leonard.
Cartman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leonard fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jill Leonard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leonard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Cartman.
Cartman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leonard thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cartman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cartman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Leonard goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Leonard thuds a left hand into Cartman's body.
Cartman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonard looks to throw the jab but Cartman is out of range.
Jill Leonard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cartman misses with a kick to the body.
Leonard moves out of range of the strikes.
Cartman throws a lazy uppercut
and Leonard counters with a straight right hand.
Leonard jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leonard throws a leg kick
and Cartman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leonard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leonard thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Cartman misses.
Horrible takedown by Leonard or perhaps it was just good defense by Cartman which made him look bad.
Cartman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonard.
Leonard shoots in but Cartman avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard digs a good hook to Cartman's body.
Leonard shoots in for a double leg but Cartman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cartman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cartman blocks a jab.
Cartman avoids the body shot from Leonard.
Nice sprawl there from Cartman as Leonard shoots in.
Cartman scores with a nice right hand.
Cartman lands a right hook to the body.
Leonard fails with a takedown attempt.
Cartman throws an off balance right hand
and Leonard counters with a low kick, right behind Cartman 's knee.
Leonard shoots in looking for a takedown but Cartman manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Leonard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Leonard throws a leg kick
and Cartman finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Leonard ducks under a wild hook from Cartman.
A shot to the liver by Cartman. Beautiful body shot.
Cartman misses with an uppercut.
Leonard closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cartman circles away.
Cartman loads up on a big right hand but Leonard slips the punch.
Jill Leonard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cartman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leonard tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartman was well out of range. Poor timing from Leonard.
Leonard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Cartman.
Cartman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Cartman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cartman winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Cartman!