PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Veldrane Sengir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Cartwright has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Veldrane Sengir's chin.

Sengir
vs
Cartwright

193 cm
28
248 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

185 cm
25
250 lbs
4 - 8 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Veldrane Sengir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cartwright looking to score a takedown here. Sengir is defending well but Cartwright drives through and ends up in Sengir's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cartwright stopping the sweep attempt from Sengir.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Sengir blocks nicely.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cartwright is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cartwright postures up.
Cartwright scoring with some ground and pound.
Sengir is trying to keep Cartwright in close.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sengir has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright postures up in Sengir's guard and throws a big left but Sengir blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Sengir blocks nicely.
Cartwright loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Sengir blocks nicely.
Cartwright postures up in Sengir's guard and throws a big left but Sengir blocks it.
Sengir is controlling Cartwright's posture.
Sengir manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sengir pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Cartwright is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright is squirming around, avoiding Sengir's attempts to control the action.

Sengir has control of Cartwright's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Cartwright regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cartwright tries to reverse the position but Sengir maintains control.
Sengir controlling from the full mount.
Sengir has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sengir trying to control but Cartwright is having none of it.

Sengir has hold of Cartwright's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cartwright manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cartwright throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Sengir looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cartwright is looking to get to half guard.
Sengir trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sengir controlling from the full mount.
Cartwright flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sengir looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sengir trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright has given up his back here. Will Sengir look for the submission or keep pounding away?

Sengir has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Cartwright has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Sengir is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartwright tries to break free.
Sengir lands punches and elbows.

Sengir looking for the choke but no joy.
Cartwright rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cartwright landing a few short strikes.

Sengir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veldrane Sengir dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sengir closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cartwright's guard.
Sengir sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cartwright trying to strike off his back.
Cartwright trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cartwright keeping moving, preventing Sengir from controlling successfully.
Sengir is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Veldrane Sengir just wasn't active enough.
Sengir leaves Cartwright with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Veldrane Sengir is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartwright shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Sengir counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sengir sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cartwright keeping moving, preventing Sengir from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Cartwright trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cartwright throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sengir is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cartwright avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sengir won't allow Cartwright to sweep him here.
Sengir stays in close to Cartwright's body and controls the position.

Veldrane Sengir has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Sengir closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cartwright to the mat! Cartwright manages to get full guard.
Sengir wants to control from the top but Cartwright keeps moving.
Cartwright throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Sengir is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Veldrane Sengir.

Cartwright gets caught flat footed, as Sengir shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sengir thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sengir wants to control from the top but Cartwright keeps moving.
Cartwright throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Sengir trying to control but Cartwright is working from the bottom.
Veldrane Sengir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cartwright doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Cartwright will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Veldrane Sengir.

Sengir shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sengir has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cartwright doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sengir wants to control from the top but Cartwright keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Veldrane Sengir just wasn't active enough.
Cartwright tries for a takedown but Sengir sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Veldrane Sengir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dante Cartwright.
Cartwright shoots and misses

and Sengir counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Cartwright is breathing heavily.
Sengir controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sengir tries to stand but Cartwright is controlling from the bottom.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sengir wants to control from the top but Cartwright keeps moving.
Sengir postures up in Cartwright's guard and throws a big left but Cartwright blocks it.
Cartwright thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sengir trying to control but Cartwright is working from the bottom.

Veldrane Sengir has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sengir displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cartwright.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartwright shoots in but Sengir avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sengir leaves Cartwright with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Sengir shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cartwright is not content to let Sengir control the position.
Cartwright misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sengir drops an elbow to the side of Cartwright's head.
Sengir is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sengir with shots to the head and body - Cartwright looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Veldrane Sengir dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Sengir.
Sengir is looking to take a break and control but Cartwright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cartwright throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Sengir tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Sengir wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cartwright, who protects the arm well.
Cartwright misses with a strike from the bottom.
Sengir scores with punches from side control.
Cartwright wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Cartwright striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Cartwright is looking for a sweep.
Sengir landing a few strikes.
Cartwright tries to bench press Sengir off him but Sengir keeps the position.
Cartwright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cartwright defending against the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sengir landing strikes.
Sengir creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cartwright sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cartwright manages to get back to half guard.
Cartwright misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cartwright lands a couple of sideways elbows.

Sengir has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Cartwright defend it? Sengir steps over the head and cranks it - Cartwright is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Sengir!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Veldrane Sengir!