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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ruben Alcantara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cortland Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright has chosen St. Anger as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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196 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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204 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ruben Alcantara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cortland Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartwright closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Alcantara is trying to get back to half guard.
Alcantara managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cartwright.
Cartwright throws an elbow but Alcantara slips to the side and avoids it well.
Cartwright is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Alcantara is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Cartwright working away.
Alcantara on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Alcantara tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cartwright wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright tries for a kimura but Alcantara is defending well.
Cartwright working the body and head with strikes.
Cartwright is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Alcantara has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright has an Americana. Alcantara didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Cartwright is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Cartwright hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Cortland Cartwright!
Post fight, an emotional Cortland Cartwright said 'The Greeks should be responsible for their own actions. But let's say they recklessly borrow money for a big party and now they have no hope of paying it all back.
Should the banks who recklessly lent them the money be responsible for their own actions? Or should the EU continue to bail them out?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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