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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between El The Cartel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Bow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for El The Cartel has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, El The Cartel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leo Bow!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Cartel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bow is defended easily by The Cartel.
Bow shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. The Cartel defends it nicely.
The Cartel misses with a wild combination.
Bow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
El The Cartel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Bow.
The Cartel looks to land a left hand but Bow moved out of range nicely.
Bow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Cartel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
El The Cartel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Cartel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Cartel stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bow dives in and grabs The Cartel's left leg, looking for a takedown. The Cartel pushes down on Bow's head and hops out.
Bow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The Cartel misses with a punch to the body.
We've been informed that Bow has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bow has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. The Cartel avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Cartel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bow backwards.
The Cartel swings wildly with an uppercut but Bow uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Cartel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Cartel misses with a body punch.
The Cartel stalling in the clinch.
The Cartel misses with a punch on the inside.
Bow wants a takedown.
Bow prevents a body shot from The Cartel.
Bow wants to take the fight to the mat but The Cartel manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Bow jumps guard but The Cartel stands there with Bow around his waist. Bow gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Cartel.
The Cartel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bow backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bow.
Bow misses with the head strike.
Bow has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but The Cartel regains guard immediately.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Cartel wants to stand and escape but Bow is having none of it.
Bow working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bow lands a couple of elbows.
Bow postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bow connects with a couple of short punches.
Bow trying to control but The Cartel is working from the bottom.
Bow scoring with punches to the head and body.
The Cartel wants to stand and escape but Bow is having none of it.
Bow's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The Cartel is looking to stand up but Bow isn't so interested in that idea.
Bow content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Cartel wants to get back to his feet but Bow is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bow is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The Cartel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bow on the ground.
The Cartel wants to stand but Bow is controlling the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The Cartel keeping moving, preventing Bow from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bow tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but The Cartel defends well and Bow ends up having to push The Cartel into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
The Cartel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As The Cartel backs off Bow throws a huge counter combo but The Cartel manages to avoid it all.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bow closes the distance and clinches up with The Cartel, looking for a takedown. Bow pushes The Cartel against the cage but The Cartel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
The Cartel wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The Cartel manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Bow is trying to work for a single leg takedown but The Cartel pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Cartel misses with the head strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Bow is trying to pull guard but The Cartel has him pressed against the cage.
The Cartel misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Cartel prevents the takedown attempt.
The Cartel misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Cartel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bow avoiding damage.
A short body shot lands from The Cartel as the two fighters clinch.
The Cartel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A shot in the inside from The Cartel.
A nice left hand lands by The Cartel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El The Cartel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Bow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Cartel.
The Cartel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bow can do to turn this around?
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bow.
A telegraphed right hand from The Cartel misses the target.
Bow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The Cartel misses with the combination.
The Cartel throws out a loose jab but Bow uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Cartel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bow.
It looked like The Cartel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Cartel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Cartel jabs Bow right on the nose. Bow blinks but takes it well.
The Cartel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Cartel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Cartel lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bow ducks right into an uppercut from The Cartel.
A big left from The Cartel misses.
The Cartel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bow momentarily.
Bow takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The Cartel misses with a body punch
and Bow counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
El The Cartel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Bow.
Bow is trying hard to land a takedown here. The Cartel sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bow defending well as The Cartel loads up on a big left hand.
Bow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Cartel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Cartel throws a series of punches but Bow avoids them all with ease.
Bow unleashes a big counter combination but The Cartel bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Cartel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Cartel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bow.
The Cartel throwing a counter right hand but Bow manages to avoid it.
Bow fails with a takedown attempt.
Bow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Bow shoots for a double leg takedown but The Cartel sprawls well. He's pushed Bow's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The Cartel cracks Bow with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bow looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from The Cartel. Those never looked like landing.
The Cartel defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bow.
A left and a right from Bow both land. Nice combination.
The Cartel lands a nice hook to Bow's body. Bow takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bow misses with a takedown attempt - The Cartel sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bow is breathing heavily.
Bow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It seemed like Bow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bow ducks under a wild hook from The Cartel.
Bow closes the distance and clinches up with The Cartel, looking for a takedown. Bow pushes The Cartel against the cage but The Cartel circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bow walks into a left hand.
The Cartel throws a body punch but Bow moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from The Cartel. Those never looked like landing.
Bow is looking for the big counter here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bow shoots in looking for a takedown. The Cartel tries to sprawl out of it but Bow keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. The Cartel manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bow shoots in but The Cartel avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Cartel throws a body shot but no joy.
The Cartel throws a body shot but no joy.
Bow raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Bow changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Cartel tries to avoid it but Bow manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Cartel to the ground. The Cartel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
El The Cartel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Donk. The Cartel catches Bow right on the button with a cross.
Bow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Cartel.
The Cartel throws a one two combo.
The Cartel cracks Bow with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Bow is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
El The Cartel dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Bow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Cartel throwing a counter right hand but Bow manages to avoid it.
The Cartel throws out a loose jab but Bow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bow shoots in for a takedown but The Cartel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A little feinted left hand from The Cartel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Cartel moves away.
The Cartel connects with a combination that backs up Bow into the cage. The Cartel lands a flurry of punches that gets past Bow's guard. Bow is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! The Cartel bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). El The Cartel!
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energy
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hype
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