PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hen Nessy (ranked 7233 p4p, 684 weight class) and Caidan Cartwright (ranked 2357 p4p, 324 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Nessy
vs
Cartwright

180 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
23
221 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hen Nessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caidan Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nessy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cartwright sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cartwright looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Cartwright drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cartwright postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Nessy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Nessy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cartwright defends well.
Cartwright working some strikes from top position.
Cartwright has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Nessy is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nessy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Nessy had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cartwright defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cartwright is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cartwright is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Nessy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cartwright is aware though and is defending well.
Nessy wants to sweep but no luck.
Cartwright looking to pass the guard.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cartwright is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cartwright trying to control but Nessy is working from the bottom.

Nessy has his foot on Cartwright's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cartwright works his way back into a safe position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cartwright stands up and waves to Nessy to follow him.

Cartwright closes the distance and clinches.
Cartwright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nessy blocks an uppercut.
Nessy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nessy throws a head punch that misses.
Nessy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cartwright working aggressively here.
Nessy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Nessy - that landed with a thud.
Cartwright misses with a punch on the inside.
Nessy blocks an uppercut.
Cartwright misses with the head strike.
A short left from Cartwright.
Cartwright misses with the head strike.

Nessy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cartwright tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nessy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cartwright tries to clinch up but Nessy circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nessy cracks Cartwright with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A big right from Nessy misses.
Cartwright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nessy lands a jab to the head.
Nessy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cartwright fails with an attempt to clinch.

Cartwright has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cartwright throws a head punch that misses.
Nessy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cartwright has a couple of punches blocked by Nessy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nessy.
Nessy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cartwright tries to stall but Nessy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nessy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cartwright takes a shot to the head.
Nessy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nessy scores with a shot to the side of Cartwright's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nessy breaks from the clinch.
Cartwright shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nessy pinned against the cage. Nessy gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cartwright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cartwright tries to clinch but Nessy moves out of range.
Nessy cracks Cartwright with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cartwright moves in looking to clinch but Nessy pushes him off.
Cartwright tries to clinch up.
Nessy misses with a hook. Cartwright ducked under it nicely.

Cartwright closes the distance and clinches.
Cartwright lands with a left to the head.
Cartwright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartwright scores with a shot to the side of Nessy's head.
Good body shot from Nessy.
Cartwright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nessy lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Hen Nessy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Cartwright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cartwright tries to clinch there but Nessy circles away.
Nessy swats away the attempt to clinch by Cartwright.
Cartwright is looking to clinch but Nessy is avoiding it.
Nessy misses with a hook. Cartwright ducked under it nicely.
Cartwright doesn't manage to clinch there - Nessy circles away.
Nessy connects with a body shot.
Nessy misses the shot to the body.

Cartwright clinches.
Cartwright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nessy can't find room to land a body shot as Cartwright controls the action.
Cartwright makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cartwright misses with some punches.
Cartwright blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cartwright throws a punch but it's blocked by Nessy.
Cartwright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nessy blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nessy is trying to pull guard but Cartwright has him pressed against the cage.
Cartwright misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Nessy.
Nessy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Nessy.
Cartwright throws a punch but it's blocked by Nessy.
Nessy tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cartwright smiles and moves away.
Nessy swats away the attempt to clinch by Cartwright.
Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch but Nessy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cartwright moves in looking to clinch but Nessy pushes him off.
Cartwright ducks under a wild hook from Nessy.
Nessy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Nessy shoots in and bounces Cartwright off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nessy prevents Cartwright from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've been hearing that Nessy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Nessy landing with the ground and pound.
Nessy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cartwright's head.
Nessy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cartwright wants to get back to his feet but Nessy is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Nessy drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Cartwright dives on top into guard.

The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartwright tries to stand but Nessy is controlling from the bottom.
Cartwright is working Nessy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nessy has control of Cartwright's left arm, preventing Cartwright from doing any damage.
Cartwright postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright trying to control the position from guard on top but Nessy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cartwright lands a couple of digs.
Nessy is trying to control the position but Cartwright postures up.
Cartwright keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nessy's head.
Nessy is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Nessy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cartwright defends well.
Cartwright throwing strikes from guard but Nessy blocks nicely.
Cartwright is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Nessy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cartwright gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nessy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cartwright doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cartwright manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cartwright's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Nessy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cartwright postures up and lands a big shot to Nessy's brow.
Cartwright lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cartwright trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nessy's guard.
Cartwright wants to control from the top but Nessy keeps moving.
Cartwright slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Caidan Cartwright will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cartwright is looking to clinch but Nessy is avoiding it.
Nessy keeps the fight on the outside.
Cartwright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nessy appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nessy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nessy half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Nessy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cartwright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nessy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Caidan Cartwright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartwright is looking to clinch.

Cartwright fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nessy, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Nessy.
Nessy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cartwright working aggressively here.
Nessy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cartwright backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Cartwright fails to land.
Nessy lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Cartwright fails to land.
Nessy misses with a punch to the body.
Nessy blocking some punches.
Cartwright lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nessy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nessy digs a right hand underneath Cartwright's ribcage. Cartwright let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cartwright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cartwright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nessy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nessy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cartwright misses with a punch on the inside.
Nessy scores with a shot to the side of Cartwright's head.
Nessy scores with a shoulder strike.
Nessy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nessy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cartwright.
Cartwright misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nessy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Cartwright is rocked!
Cartwright swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cartwright is still on wobbly legs! Can Nessy finish him?
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nessy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nessy throws a big uppercut that drops Cartwright! More strikes from Nessy and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Cartwright lies dazed against the cage as Nessy celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hen Nessy!
Our winner, Hen Nessy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.