PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emberson Cabral (ranked 3700 p4p, 3688 weight class) and Rock Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Cabral
vs
Jay

189 cm
20
199
2 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
195
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emberson Cabral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rock Jay!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabral throws a push kick but Jay slaps the foot to one side.
Jay throws out a counter right but Cabral avoids it with no problem.
Cabral takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cabral fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabral throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jay throws a body punch but Cabral moves out of range.
Jay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cabral falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jay makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jay lands with a thumping leg kick.

Cabral closes the distance and clinches.
Cabral tries to break the clinch but Jay is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jay.
Cabral tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay working Cabral over with knees to the body.
Cabral is breathing heavily.
Jay looking to throw knees to the head but Cabral is blocking nicely.
Jay utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jay.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jay utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabral letting Jay take a breather here.
Jay misses with a knee to the head.
Jay gets through Cabral's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cabral misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cabral tries to throw a body punch but Jay avoids it by throwing Cabral back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Jay.
Jay scores a nice knee to the body.
Jay landing knees to the body.
Jay crunches a lovely knee into Cabral's ribcage.
Jay crunches a lovely knee into Cabral's ribcage.
Jay pushes Cabral back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jay lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay lands a nice uppercut.
Jay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jay lands a body shot.
Jay landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jay landing knees to the body.
Jay stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jay is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jay unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cabral lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cabral's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A left hand lands to the body for Jay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jay will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cabral up against the cage.
Jay tries a knee to the head but Cabral blocks it.
Cabral with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cabral prevents a body shot from Jay.
Jay pushes Cabral back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jay.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jay takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jay doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jay working Cabral over with knees to the body.
Jay crunches a lovely knee into Cabral's ribcage.
Jay lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay working Cabral over with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jay creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Jay.

Jay drops Cabral onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Cabral is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Cabral is rocked!
Jay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Oh Cabral is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jay taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Jay.
Jay pushes Cabral back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The referee calls for Jay to work.
Jay landing knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay lands a nice uppercut.
Jay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jay can't find room to land a body shot as Cabral controls the action.
Jay misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rock Jay dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jay digs a good body shot into Cabral's ribs.
Cabral seems to have got his legs back now.
Jay with the inside leg kick.
Cabral tries to clinch
and Jay counters with a straight right hand.
Jay drops Cabral with a big left hand! Cabral is injured, injured bad! Jay jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rock Jay!