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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Damozzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cavan Cartwright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartwright has chosen The Irish Fighting Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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220 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Excellent MT
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Damozzi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cavan Cartwright!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damozzi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cartwright closes the distance and clinches.
Damozzi misses with the head strike.
Damozzi is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cartwright jumps into guard, dragging Damozzi to the mat.
Cartwright controlling Damozzi's posture.
Cartwright looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Damozzi has picked Cartwright up and slammed him! Cartwright can't keep hold of the triangle and Damozzi manages to pass to side control!
Cartwright gets back to half guard.
Cartwright is looking to get back to full guard here but Damozzi has managed to pass to side control instead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright can't do much from the bottom here.
Damozzi in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Damozzi working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright is trying to get back to half guard.
Damozzi tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cartwright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Damozzi lands a few punches from side control.
Damozzi working the ground and pound but Cartwright is defending the strikes.
Damozzi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Cartwright wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Damozzi trying to control the position but Cartwright is working away.
Cartwright is looking to regain half guard here but Damozzi keeps moving and retains side control.
Damozzi controls the position from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi lands a nice forearm strike.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cartwright takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Damozzi is looking to take a break and control but Cartwright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Damozzi cracks Cartwright with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sloppy strikes there by Damozzi.
Damozzi trying to control the position but Cartwright is working away.
Damozzi is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Cartwright will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Damozzi has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Cartwright is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Damozzi.
Damozzi is nestled in close to Cartwright, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cartwright looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Damozzi is working for a submission of some sort.
Damozzi is trying to control the action in half guard but Cartwright is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cartwright is trying to get back to full guard.
Damozzi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Damozzi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cartwright with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartwright works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cartwright looking to control but Damozzi passes into half guard.
Cartwright is looking for a sweep. Damozzi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Damozzi connects with a nice short shot to Cartwright's temple.
Damozzi winds up and cracks Cartwright with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cartwright actively working from the bottom here.
Damozzi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Damozzi landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Damozzi working Cartwright over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Damozzi dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A big left from Damozzi misses.
Cartwright has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Damozzi is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Damozzi connects with a jab.
Damozzi lands a head shot.
Damozzi misses with a body shot.
Damozzi works the jab nicely.
Cartwright tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Damozzi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cartwright on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cartwright misses with a takedown attempt
and Damozzi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Damozzi throws a solid leg kick but Cartwright takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Damozzi.
Cartwright takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cartwright tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Damozzi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cartwright ducks under a wild hook from Damozzi.
Cartwright gets caught flat footed, as Damozzi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright keeping moving, preventing Damozzi from controlling successfully.
Damozzi distracts Cartwright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cartwright looking for a guillotine here but Damozzi defends easily.
Damozzi distracts Cartwright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Frank Damozzi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Damozzi is in close to Cartwright's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Damozzi throws a strike but Cartwright rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cartwright preventing the sweep.
Cartwright throws a big right hand that misses.
Damozzi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cartwright throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Damozzi looking for a guillotine here but Cartwright defends easily.
Cartwright stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Damozzi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cartwright working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cartwright with a flurry of punches that miss.
Damozzi keeping moving, preventing Cartwright from controlling successfully.
Damozzi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright preventing the sweep.
Cartwright looking to sit in guard and control but Damozzi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cartwright preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Damozzi chips away with some ground and pound.
Cartwright working a defensive guard here.
Damozzi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cartwright throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Damozzi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cartwright works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cartwright is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cartwright has control of Damozzi's left arm, preventing Damozzi from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Damozzi with a nice head shot there.
Cartwright not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cartwright looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Damozzi passes into side control.
Cartwright is looking for a sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Damozzi is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Cartwright's shoulder. That is not cool.
Cartwright takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Damozzi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cartwright down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Damozzi dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Cartwright avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A solid leg kick lands there for Damozzi.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Damozzi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cartwright has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cartwright and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cartwright dives in for a single leg takedown but Damozzi sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Damozzi.
Damozzi lands a left hand.
Damozzi pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cartwright is trying to pull guard but Damozzi has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Damozzi.
Cartwright drops down looking for an ankle pick but Damozzi pulls his leg out and moves away.
Frank Damozzi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cavan Cartwright.
Damozzi decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartwright is in trouble now - Damozzi has advanced to mount!
Cartwright is looking to improve his position but Damozzi isn't that keen on the idea.
Damozzi putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Damozzi is landing with some decent strikes but Cartwright is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Damozzi scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cartwright is rocked!
Cartwright throwing hammer fists to the chest of Damozzi. What's that going to do exactly?
Cartwright is still in real trouble! Can Damozzi finish him?
Damozzi postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cartwright looks a forlorn figure.
Cartwright manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi is trying to control the action in half guard but Cartwright is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cartwright seems to have recovered his senses.
Cartwright is looking to get back to full guard here but Damozzi has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cartwright tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Damozzi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Damozzi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Damozzi landing a few strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Damozzi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cartwright keeps working.
Cartwright tries to buck Damozzi off but Damozzi is having none of it.
Damozzi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cartwright some visible discomfort.
Damozzi is looking to take a break and control but Cartwright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartwright is looking for a sweep.
Cartwright on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Damozzi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cartwright can do to turn this around?
Damozzi lands an elbow.
Cartwright is looking to regain half guard here but Damozzi keeps moving and retains side control.
Cartwright tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Cartwright wants to hold on but Damozzi pushes him away.
Damozzi landing strikes from the mount and Cartwright is in trouble!
Damozzi trying to control but Cartwright is having none of it.
Cavan Cartwright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damozzi lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cartwright is desperately trying to improve his position but Damozzi has a good base and remains in mount.
Damozzi breaks from Cartwright's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cartwright in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Damozzi controlling from mount.
Cartwright gets back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Damozzi trying to control the action but Cartwright is working from the bottom.
Cartwright blocking the ground and pound attempt from Damozzi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Damozzi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Damozzi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Damozzi!
Frank Damozzi decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Cavan Cartwright spoke after the fight, saying 'I gave it my best. I will find a way to do better next time.'.
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