PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bill Dance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cartman is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Unclefucker. Bill Dance has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Dance
vs
Cartman

177 cm
24
181 lbs
18 - 2 - 0

184 cm
24
179 lbs
14 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bill Dance!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Eric Cartman!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cartman moves out of range as Dance throws a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cartman. That's going to slow Dance down.
Cartman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cartman thows a leg kick but Dance checks it
and Dance counters with a straight right hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cartman. That's going to slow Dance down.
Dance takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dance looks for a takedown but Cartman sprawls well.
Dance circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dance keeps the fight on the outside.
Cartman scores with a hook to the body. Dance takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cartman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dance was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartman.
Dance on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Dance scores with a takedown into Cartman's guard.
Dance postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cartman wants to improve his position but instead Dance has moved into half guard.
Cartman is refusing to be controlled, as Dance sits in half guard.
Dance sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cartman defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dance is keen to just control but Cartman is a slippery customer.
Cartman blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dance.
Dance sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cartman defending well though.
Dance has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dance controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dance wants to take a breather but Cartman is having none of it.
Cartman wants to control but Dance is keeping busy.
Cartman regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dance tries to free his leg and advance position but Cartman is retaining full guard.
Cartman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dance tries to get to full guard but Cartman has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cartman wants to take a breather but Dance is having none of it.
Dance misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cartman is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Eric Cartman has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cartman throws a hook but Dance blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dance shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cartman sprawls well. Cartman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dance gets slowly back to his feet.
Cartman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dance takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dance has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cartman.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cartman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dance blocks a low kick nicely.
Cartman displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dance.
Bill Dance is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cartman throws a big shot that misses.
Eric Cartman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Cartman misses
and Dance counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cartman scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dance with a poor takedown
and Cartman counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dance keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cartman.
Dance tries for a takedown but Cartman circles away easily
and Cartman counters with a nice uppercut.
Dance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dance misses with a takedown attempt
and Cartman counters with a straight right hand.
Dance avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman is looking to score with low kicks.
Cartman misses with a straight right.
Dance shoots in and drives through. Cartman sprawls well.
Cartman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dance counters with a nice body kick.
Cartman tries to clinch up but Dance circles away and keeps his distance.
Cartman misses with a hook

and Dance counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cartman's guard now.
Cartman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dance stopping the sweep attempt from Cartman.
Cartman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dance is trying to get back to full guard.
Cartman wants to pass the guard but Dance is defending well.
Cartman with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Cartman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Cartman is looking to clinch.
Dance takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Cartman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dance was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartman.
Dance gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Cartman counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Dance checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Cartman does it's job there.
Eric Cartman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cartman!
Cartman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Dance's sensitive parts.
Dance lands a body shot.

Dance closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Dance lands in his opponent's guard.
Cartman is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bill Dance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dance wants to control from the top but Cartman keeps moving.
Cartman is trying to control the position but Dance postures up.
Cartman keeping moving, preventing Dance from controlling successfully.
Dance trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Dance preventing the sweep.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dance lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cartman misses with a leg kick.
Cartman connects with a leg kick. Dance looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dance looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cartman is fending him off so far but Dance persists. Nope, Cartman circles away and we're back to standing.
Cartman throws a leg kick that misses.
Cartman is looking to slow Dance down with leg kicks.
Dance uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cartman.
Cartman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dance was well out of range. Poor timing from Cartman.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nice sprawl there from Cartman as Dance shoots in.
Eric Cartman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Dance. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cartman thows a leg kick but Dance checks it

and Dance counters with a single leg into guard. Cartman didn't expect that.
Dance won't allow Cartman to sweep him here.
Cartman bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dance's guard.
Cartman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dance manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Dance takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bill Dance.
I think Cartman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Cartman!