PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Camber Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Domingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Camber Cartwright has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cartwright
vs
Domingo

190 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

178 cm
28
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Camber Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Angelo Domingo!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Domingo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cartwright looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Domingo is fending him off so far but Cartwright persists. Nope, Domingo circles away and we're back to standing.
Domingo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Domingo works Cartwright's body with a nice hook.
Domingo swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Domingo. Those never looked like landing.
Domingo thows a body shot but no joy.
Domingo misses with a double jab.

Cartwright moves into the clinch.
Cartwright misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Domingo.
Cartwright lands an elbow just above Domingo 's eye.
Cartwright creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Domingo's defenses.
Domingo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cartwright gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cartwright lands a nice elbow.
Cartwright lands an elbow that stopped Domingo in his tracks for a moment.
Cartwright trying to land knees to the body.
Domingo working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Domingo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Domingo has had enough of the clinch but Cartwright keeps him there for the moment.
Domingo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Domingo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cartwright is trying to stall.
Cartwright missing with knees to the body.
Domingo is trying to push Cartwright away but Cartwright has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cartwright missing with knees to the body.
Cartwright misses with an elbow over the top.
Cartwright missing with knees to the body.
Domingo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cartwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Domingo avoiding damage as Cartwright throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Cartwright.
Domingo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Domingo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Domingo blocks an elbow strike.
Cartwright tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Domingo avoids it.

Domingo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Domingo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cartwright tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Domingo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Domingo lands a nice hook to Cartwright's body. Cartwright takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
No joy there for Domingo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cartwright tries to clinch up.
Domingo swinging wildly here.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Domingo!

It looks like Camber Cartwright has been cut.
Angelo Domingo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cartwright tries for a takedown but Domingo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Domingo leaves Cartwright with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Camber Cartwright. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartwright is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Domingo.
Cartwright shoots in but Domingo avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domingo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Domingo misses with a wild combination.
Domingo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cartwright.
Cartwright is breathing heavily.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Domingo looks to land a combination. Cartwright sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Domingo lands a nice looking body shot.
No joy there for Domingo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Domingo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Domingo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cartwright moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Cartwright. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Domingo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cartwright shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Domingo scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Domingo misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Domingo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Domingo swinging wildly here.
Domingo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cartwright.
Domingo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Domingo.
Domingo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Domingo scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Domingo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cartwright backs up against the cage.
Cartwright slips a jab and a cross from Domingo.
Domingo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Domingo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Camber Cartwright's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cartwright dodges the punch combination from Domingo.
Cartwright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cartwright doesn't manage to clinch there - Domingo circles away.
Domingo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cartwright was well out of range. Poor timing from Domingo.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Domingo is having none of it.
Domingo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Domingo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Domingo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Domingo is having none of it.
Domingo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cartwright back to the cage. Domingo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Domingo takes a swing at Cartwright's ribcage but misses.
Cartwright fails with the takedown.
Domingo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cartwright moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Domingo stuffs the takedown attempt from Cartwright. Cartwright gets slowly back to his feet.
Domingo works Cartwright's body with a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cartwright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Domingo. Those never looked like landing.
Cartwright slips a jab and a cross from Domingo.
Angelo Domingo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartwright avoids the body shot from Domingo.

Cartwright closes the distance and pushes Domingo back into the cage.
Domingo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Domingo managing to block the knees to the body from Cartwright.
Domingo has had enough of the clinch but Cartwright keeps him there for the moment.
Cartwright throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Domingo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cartwright lands an elbow that stopped Domingo in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright prevents Domingo from breaking the clinch.
Domingo is trying to force a seperation but Cartwright has the dominant position.
Domingo managing to block the knees to the body from Cartwright.
Domingo is trying to break the clinch but Cartwright has him pressed against the cage.
Cartwright keeps control of Domingo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Domingo has had enough of the clinch but Cartwright keeps him there for the moment.

Cartwright breaks the clinch.
Domingo throws a combination that misses

and Cartwright counters with a takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Domingo is trying to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Domingo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Domingo is breathing heavily.

Cartwright working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cartwright working away.

Cartwright is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Domingo knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Domingo struggling a bit here.

Cartwright has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Domingo is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Cartwright yanks on the arm and Domingo is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Cartwright.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Camber Cartwright!
In his post fight interview, Camber Cartwright gave a big smile as he said 'It is what it is, and one day I will rule the nest. Until then, 'Carry On My Wayward Son.''.