PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Cabrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Thomson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Cabrera
vs
Thomson

200 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Attraction Clothing

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Cabrera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Thomson!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomson throws out a powerful jab.

Thomson sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Cabrera to the ground! Thomson dives into full mount looking to finish!

Cabrera is rocked!

It looks like David Cabrera has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomson tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Thomson tries to stand up but Cabrera had a hold of his arm and he's managed to perform a nice reversal, into half guard.
Thomson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cabrera. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cabrera stalling.

Cabrera stands up out of the half guard.
Cabrera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thomson blocks a jab.
Cabrera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomson throws a head kick that misses.
Cabrera checks a low kick from Thomson.
Thomson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cabrera avoids the head kick by Thomson.
Cabrera shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thomson as he jumps to the side.
Cabrera misses with a takedown attempt - Thomson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomson misses with the combination.
Thomson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cabrera is breathing heavily.
Thomson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Thomson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cabrera tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thomson swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomson misses with a head kick.
Cabrera tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera blocks a head kick by Thomson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jab from Thomson.
Thomson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick misses from Thomson.
A head kick misses from Thomson.
Thomson throws a head kick that misses.
Cabrera tries to clinch there but Thomson circles away.
Thomson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thomson throws a leg kick but Cabrera moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thomson.
Nice combo by Thomson! Oh, that's hurt him - Cabrera falls to the canvas and Thomson follows him into side control.
Oh Cabrera is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomson tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Cabrera seems to have got his legs back now.

Thomson has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Thomson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cabrera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomson lands a two punch combo.
Thomson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Thomson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Cabrera's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thomson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera tries to close the distance and clinch but Thomson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thomson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cabrera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cabrera lands a nice looking body shot.
Cabrera avoids the head kick by Thomson.
Cabrera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gabriel Thomson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Thomson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
David Cabrera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomson throws a sloppy head kick and Cabrera moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomson lands with a nice body punch.
Cabrera on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A good leg kick by Thomson.
Thomson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thomson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Thomson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cabrera's waist but Cabrera gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomson off to one side.
Thomson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thomson tries to work over Cabrera's front leg with a kick but Cabrera checks it.
Cabrera takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thomson tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Thomson.
Cabrera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thomson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cabrera circles away quickly and effectively.
Cabrera is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thomson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Thomson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cabrera takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabrera avoids the head kick by Thomson.
Thomson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cabrera.
Cabrera shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thomson defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Cabrera. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thomson throws a nice looking combination but Cabrera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cabrera is defended easily by Thomson.
Thomson lands with a kick to the temple. Cabrera shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thomson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Thomson scoring well with a low kick there.
Thomson lands a jab.
Thomson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thomson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Thomson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Cabrera's cut.
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!

Thomson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thomson misses with a head kick.
Thomson thumps Cabrera with a low kick.
A low kick from Thomson is predictable there

and Cabrera counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Thomson's guard now.
Cabrera won't allow Thomson to get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabrera advances to half guard.
Thomson is trying to stand.
Thomson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cabrera.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cabrera fails with the takedown
and Thomson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cabrera looks to clinch
and Thomson counters with a straight right hand.
Cabrera blocks a head kick by Thomson.
Cabrera fails with a takedown attempt.
A nice combination there by Thomson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thomson throws a body kick that misses.
Thomson avoids a kick to the body.
Cabrera checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cabrera walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cabrera clinches but Thomson breaks the clinch
letting Thomson counter with a right hand.
Thomson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomson punishes Cabrera's body with a nice straight punch.
Thomson throws a leg kick but Cabrera sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cabrera darts in trying to clinch
enabling Thomson to counter with a crisp jab.
Cabrera blocks a head kick by Thomson.
Cabrera checks the leg kick.
Thomson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thomson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
David Cabrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cabrera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Thomson.
Thomson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cabrera. Cabrera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Thomson lands a really nice looking cross but Cabrera seems unphased.
Cabrera just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomson misses with a head kick.
Cabrera swinging wilding here.
Thomson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cabrera. That did some damage!

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Thomson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thomson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 25:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gabriel Thomson!