PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Caine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and International Male (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gabriel Caine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Caine
vs
Male

173 cm
20
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Caine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, International Male!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Male lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Caine misses with a takedown
and Male finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Caine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Male makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Caine really felt that one!
Caine avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Caine has his takedown stuffed
and Male counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Caine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Male.
Caine misses with a takedown attempt
and Male counters with a slapping leg kick.
Male is looking to slow Caine down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick from Male misses.
Caine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Male throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caine checks a low kick from Male.
Male connects with a solid leg kick.
Male scoring well with a low kick there.
Male throws a leg kick but Caine moved away.
Caine tries for a takedown but Male circles away easily
and Male counters with a head kick.
International Male is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caine moves out of range as Male throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caine with a lazy takedown attempt
and Male counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Male tries a head kick but it misses.
Male misses with a head kick.
A good leg kick by Male.
Male throws a head kick that misses.
Caine misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Male. Male obviously looking to wear him down.
Caine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Male makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Caine takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Caine with a poor takedown
and Male counters with a slapping leg kick.
Male misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Male scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

International Male dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Male looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Male lands with a slapping head kick.
Male throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caine has his takedown stuffed
and Male counters with an outside leg kick.
Caine has his takedown stuffed
and Male counters with a low kick, right behind Caine 's knee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Male misses with a kick to the body.
Male attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
International Male seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Male misses with a body kick.
Male tries a head kick but it misses.
Caine checks a low kick from Male.
Caine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Male tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Male throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Caine misses with a takedown attempt - Male sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Caine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Male lands a nice leg kick that just misses Caine's sensitive parts.
Caine moves out of range as Male throws a body kick.
A slow jab from Caine misses its intended target.
International Male seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Male tries to land a leg kick but Caine saw it coming and moves away.
Caine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Male shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Male ducks right into an uppercut from Caine.
A chopping leg kick lands by Male.
Male throws a head kick that misses.
Male attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Male attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Caine throws a lazy uppercut
and Male counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Male wants to slow Caine down by chopping away at his legs.
A telegraphed right hand from Caine misses the target.
Male ducks under a wild hook from Caine.
A leg kick checked by Caine.

Caine scores a takedown into full mount!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Caine lands a heavy elbow.
Male tries to lock up and control but Caine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but International Male will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Caine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ouch! a nice leg kick from Male, right into the meat.
Male bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Male misses with a kick to the body.
Caine moves out of range as Male throws a body kick.
Male lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Gabriel Caine has been cut.
Male scores with a head kick.
Caine misses with a takedown attempt
and Male counters with an outside leg kick.
Caine shoots and misses
and Male counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Male throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Caine.
Caine misses with a takedown attempt
and Male counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Caine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Male finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Caine is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Male.
Male gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Caine.
Male is looking to slow Caine down with leg kicks.
Gabriel Caine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Male moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Male 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 Caine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Caine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Caine shoots and misses
and Male makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Caine misses with an uppercut.
Male pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Male throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Male throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Male uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Caine.
Male looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Caine avoids the head kick by Male.
Caine is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Caine blocks a low kick nicely.
Male fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Caine checks it well.
Male pivots, looking for a leg kick but Caine is out of range and Male settles back down.
Male connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four 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.
Male throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A shot to the liver by Caine. Beautiful body shot.
Caine doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Male counters with a leg kick.
Caine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nice defenses there by Male.

And that's the end of the fight!
International Male comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Male 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 26:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 26:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... International Male!