PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caidan Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Rickford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Caidan Cartwright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cartwright
vs
Rickford

180 cm
21
221 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caidan Cartwright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Rickford!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rickford takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cartwright misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Rickford is having none of it.
Rickford is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cartwright lands a nice shot to the body.
Cartwright misses with a takedown attempt - Rickford sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rickford looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Cartwright lands a big head kick that sends Rickford tumbling to the mat! Cartwright takes a step backwards and waves Rickford back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rickford is rocked!

It looks like Randy Rickford has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartwright scores with a shot to the body.
Rickford looks winded!
A chopping leg kick lands by Cartwright.
Cartwright shoots for a double leg takedown but Rickford sprawls well. He's pushed Cartwright's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cartwright gets in close and tags Rickford with a short punch that almost sends Rickford to the mat! Oh Rickford is in big trouble! He turns his back on Cartwright, trying to create some distance but Cartwright rushes him, striking wildly and Rickford goes down! The referee tackles Cartwright into the cage to end the fight! Cartwright is one violent man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caidan Cartwright!
During a confident post fight interview, Caidan Cartwright thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.