PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eleomar Cabbat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big John (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cabbat's entrance music is U KNOW I GOT THAT. A fine choice. John has chosen Jimmy Dean - Big John as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. On his way into the cage it seems that Eleomar Cabbat has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Eleomar Cabbat seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Cabbat
vs
John

178 cm
30
185 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

184 cm
32
199 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

Valhalla 160

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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eleomar Cabbat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Big John!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cabbat connects with a good right hand that stumbles John. John circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cabbat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Cabbat does no damage.
A slapping leg kick lands for John.
John slips a jab and a cross from Cabbat.
Big John seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
John lands with a nice body punch.
Cabbat cracks John with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
John scores with a body shot.
Cabbat getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cabbat throws a head kick but John moves out of range.

John shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cabbat keeping moving, preventing John from controlling successfully.
John with a flurry of punches that miss.
John content to stall in guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
John postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John with a nice head shot there.
Cabbat keeping moving, preventing John from controlling successfully.
John postures up in Cabbat's guard and throws a big left but Cabbat blocks it.

Cabbat is looking for a triangle but John pushes his legs off easily.
John wants to control from the top but Cabbat keeps moving.
Cabbat lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for John!

Cabbat with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbat looking to control but John is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Cabbat avoids the attempt from John to control.
John holds on to Cabbat as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
John regains half guard.
John trying to control but Cabbat postures up.
John gets full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cabbat stops John from standing up.

Cabbat thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cabbat being controlled here momentarily.
Cabbat controls from within his opponent's guard.

Cabbat gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A punch combination from John misses.
Cabbat throws a right hand that John ducks under and follows up with a left that John also avoids with ease.
Cabbat works over John's head and body with a nice combination.
John throws a jab when Cabbat was well out of range.
John throws a shot from downtown. Cabbat moves away and avoids it.
John looks to land a left hand but Cabbat moved out of range nicely.
John is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cabbat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabbat takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cabbat keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabbat fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
John fails with a takedown attempt.
John looks gassed!
Cabbat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cabbat throws a series of strikes that have John backpedaling.
Cabbat takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
John misses with a looping right.
Cabbat lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabbat fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches John on the side of the head.
Cabbat feints a jab promting John to slip. Cabbat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. John slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
John throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cabbat's waist but Cabbat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing John off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Eleomar Cabbat will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

John on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cabbat misses with a jab, cross combination.
John missing with a left hand there. Cabbat was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Cabbat.
John shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cabbat as he avoids it easily.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabbat.
John takes a shot to the body in his stride.
John connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cabbat throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
Cabbat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from John.
Cabbat fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. John looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
John is breathing heavily.
Cabbat lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cabbat scores with a decent looking hook.
Cabbat moves out of range of the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
John avoids a punch combination nicely.
John ducks under a wild hook from Cabbat.
Cabbat closes the distance and lands a one-two.
John slips a jab and a cross from Cabbat.
John looks to score with a jab to the body but Cabbat is just out of range.
Cabbat misses with a two punch combination.
John on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eleomar Cabbat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
John connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cabbat's hands.
Cabbat cracks John with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cabbat takes a swing at John's ribcage but misses.
John takes one on the button.
Eleomar Cabbat is winning the standup battle so far.
John rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cabbat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cabbat bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A lazy left from Cabbat finds it's target.
John throws a looping overhand right but Cabbat ducks down to avoid it.
Cabbat throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cabbat lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but John circles away quickly and effectively.
John throws a big shot that misses.
John slips under a jab from Cabbat.
John scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice sprawl there from John as Cabbat shoots in.
Cabbat displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as John throws out the jab.
Cabbat fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cabbat misses with a hook
and Cabbat takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cabbat scores with a crisp jab that stopped John in his tracks.
John uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cabbat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cabbat closes the distance and clinches up with John, looking for a takedown. Cabbat pushes John against the cage but John circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cabbat misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cabbat walks into a stiff left hand from John.
John looks to throw the jab but Cabbat is out of range.
Nice body punch from John.
John shoots in looking for a takedown. Cabbat tries to sprawl out of it but John keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cabbat manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
John throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cabbat counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Cabbat scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
John scores with a nice right hand.
Cabbat has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from John.
Cabbat displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cabbat throws a lazy right hand but John sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cabbat rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but John moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
John connects with the punch.
John has a takedown stuffed.
Eleomar Cabbat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big John.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cabbat looks to score with a jab to the body but John is just out of range.
John scores with a head kick. Cabbat tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cabbat throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cabbat throws a nice looking combination but John bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cabbat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cabbat thows a body shot but no joy.
Cabbat misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
John throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cabbat.
Cabbat moves out of range of the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from John misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eleomar Cabbat dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cabbat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cabbat throws a right and a left that John avoids nicely.
John misses with a straight left.
John lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
John has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
John loads up on a big right hand but Cabbat slips the punch.
John avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cabbat lands a nice shot to the body.
Cabbat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cabbat.
A chopping leg kick lands by John.
Cabbat throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabbat chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before John can pounce on him.
John bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A right-left combo lands from Cabbat.
Nice jab there from John.
Cabbat avoids the body shot from John.
Cabbat thows a body shot but no joy.
John scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cabbat misses with a few strikes there.
John cracks Cabbat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
John lands a nice looking body kick.
John tries to bum rush Cabbat with a series of wild strikes but Cabbat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from John both land. Nice combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John lands with a cross.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cabbat misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. John darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
John throws a leg kick which misses Cabbat's front leg but catches the back leg as Cabbat tries to avoid it.
Cabbat avoids the body shot from John.
Cabbat misses with a head kick.
John catches Cabbat with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
John jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
John lunges at Cabbat with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cabbat's hand.
Cabbat throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
John scores with a jab. Cabbat acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cabbat tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and John is able to avoid easily.
Cabbat misses the shot to the body.
John connects with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Cabbat misses
and John counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John tries a head kick but it misses.
Cabbat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cabbat will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
John with a nice cross.
John misses with a body shot.
Cabbat takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cabbat throws a push kick but John slaps the foot to one side.
Cabbat fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Cabbat misses the target.
Cabbat stuffs the takedown.
Eleomar Cabbat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cabbat moves away from the strike by John.
Cabbat scores with a one two! John had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cabbat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cabbat throws out a loose jab but John uses good head movement to avoid it.
John fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cabbat has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
John lands with a nice body kick.
John bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cabbat's head backwards.
Big John has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cabbat displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from John.
Cabbat scores with a crisp jab that stopped John in his tracks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
John misses with a wild body shot.
Cabbat cracks John with an open hand slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
John throws a poor cross that misses

and Cabbat counters with a nice double leg into side control. John won't be happy with that.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big John comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cabbat has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eleomar Cabbat!
After winning the bout, Eleomar Cabbat thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.