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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caio Bottura (ranked 1110 p4p, 135 weight class) and Don Cartagena (ranked 1334 p4p, 171 weight class). Bottura comes to the cage accompanied by Face The Pain. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cartagena's choice of entrance music: The Crack Attack. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
15 - 7 - 1 |
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175 cm
25
165 lbs
8 - 0 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Caio Bottura!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cartagena!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Ben Watson and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bottura connects with a nice looking jab.
Bottura misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A left and a right from Cartagena both land. Nice combination.
Good leg kick by Bottura there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Bottura takes a swing at Cartagena's ribcage but misses.
Cartagena looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cartagena thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bottura misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cartagena.
Cartagena throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bottura misses with a body punch
and Cartagena counters with a nice uppercut.
Bottura misses with a head kick.
Cartagena misses with a left hand
and Bottura counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bottura thows a body kick. Cartagena tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bottura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cartagena scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cartagena swings widly with a right hand
and Bottura counters with a nice uppercut.
Bottura pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cartagena now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cartagena throws a nice looking combination but Bottura bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bottura is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cartagena misses with a right hand
letting Bottura counter with a right hand.
Bottura throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cartagena swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bottura counters with a nice leg kick.
Bottura darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bottura pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cartagena throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bottura walks into a jab.
Bottura fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cartagena has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bottura looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bottura goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cartagena throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Cartagena looks to move away, Bottura throws a big counter combo but Cartagena just gets out of the way.
Cartagena jabs at Bottura's body.
Cartagena throws a jab when Bottura was well out of range.
Bottura cracks Cartagena with an open hand slap.
Bottura misses with an attempted mid kick.
Bottura scores with a three punch combo!
Bottura throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bottura misses with a body shot.
Cartagena throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bottura throws a head kick that misses.
Cartagena misses with a straight right.
Cartagena ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bottura moves away.
Caio Bottura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bottura with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cartagena to score with a decent uppercut.
Bottura throws out a leg kick but Cartagena moves out of range and Bottura only half commits.
The fighters circling - Cartagena throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bottura's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cartagena under the eye.
Bottura throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cartagena's head.
Cartagena is rocked!
Bottura is looking to slow Cartagena down with leg kicks.
Cartagena is still on wobbly legs! Can Bottura finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartagena gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Bottura gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Cartagena is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caio Bottura!
An out of breath Caio Bottura thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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