PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Cavero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Holliday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cavero
vs
Holliday

191 cm
25
200 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

183 cm
32
200 lbs
13 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juan Cavero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Holliday!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cavero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Holliday moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Holliday misses with a combination
and Holliday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cavero misses the shot to the body.
Cavero throws out a loose jab but Holliday uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cavero throws a right and a left that Holliday avoids nicely.
Cavero scores with a crisp jab that stopped Holliday in his tracks.

Cavero moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Holliday's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Cavero breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cavero feints and then cracks Holliday's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Holliday down.
Cavero buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cavero misses with a two punch combination.
Holliday tries to bum rush Cavero with a series of wild strikes but Cavero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holliday scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holliday dodges the punch combination from Cavero.
Cavero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday fails to land with a series of punches.

Cavero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Cavero breaks from the clinch.
Holliday swinging wildly here.
Holliday looks to land a combination but Cavero avoids it well.
Jab by Cavero.
Cavero throws a jab but it's blocked by Holliday.
Holliday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab by Cavero.
Cavero throws a series of punches but Holliday avoids them all with ease.
Some wild striking there from Cavero.
Cavero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holliday circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavero misses with a looping left.
Holliday throws a nice looking combination but Cavero bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cavero throws a shot to the body.
Holliday falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cavero counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cavero scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Holliday moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cavero is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Holliday throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cavero.
Cavero takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cavero thuds a left hand into Holliday's body.
Cavero scores with a head kick.

It looks like John Holliday has been cut.
John Holliday seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cavero misses with a series of wild punches.
Holliday looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holliday misses with a double jab
and Cavero counters with a stiff right hand.
Cavero fails to land with a series of punches.
Holliday fails to land with a series of punches.
Cavero is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
No joy there for Cavero, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holliday steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cavero. That one must have hurt.
Holliday throws a series of punches but Cavero moves out of range.
Cavero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cavero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holliday.
Cavero misses with a two punch combination.
Cavero throws a lazy uppercut
and Holliday cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cavero misses with a few strikes there.
Holliday throws a series of punches but Cavero moves out of range.
Cavero misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holliday throws a series of punches but Cavero avoids them all with ease.
Cavero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Holliday tries to keep at a distance but Cavero has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holliday has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cavero lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holliday backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cavero breaks from the clinch.
Holliday lands with a shot to the body.
Holliday throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cavero swings for the body but Holliday moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cavero steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holliday.
Holliday throws a right and a left that Cavero avoids nicely.
Cavero lands a really nice looking cross but Holliday seems unphased.
Cavero lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Cavero dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Holliday's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Holliday misses with a looping right.
Cavero thows a body shot but no joy.
Holliday checks a low kick from Cavero.
Cavero comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cavero connects with a looping right hand.
Cavero is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Holliday looks to land a combination but Cavero avoids it well.
Cavero dodges the punch combination from Holliday.

Cavero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holliday is looking to break free of the clinch but Cavero has double underhooks.

Cavero breaks from the clinch.
Holliday throws a big shot that misses.
Holliday throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cavero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holliday falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cavero counters with a straight right hand.
Cavero connects with a single shot there.
Cavero throws the left hand but Holliday avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Cavero misses.

Cavero gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Holliday is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Holliday wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Holliday tries to circle away but Cavero has him pinned against the cage.

Cavero breaks the clinch.
Cavero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holliday misses with a few strikes there.
Cavero throws a series of punches but Holliday moves out of range.
Cavero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holliday circles away quickly and effectively.
Holliday looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holliday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Holliday tries to keep at a distance but Cavero has taken the fight into the clinch.
Holliday takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cavero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Holliday throws a poor cross that misses
and Cavero counters with a stiff right hand.
Cavero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cavero dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Holliday ducks under a wild hook from Cavero.
A combination from Cavero does no damage.
No joy there for Holliday, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holliday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cavero cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cavero misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavero tries to bum rush Holliday with a series of wild strikes but Holliday uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holliday dodges the punch combination from Cavero.
Holliday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cavero circles away quickly and effectively.
Holliday misses with a double jab
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Cavero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Holliday looks to throw the jab but Cavero is out of range.
Holliday will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from Holliday. Cavero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cavero throws a good cross that connects.
Holliday throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holliday throws a looping overhand right but Cavero ducks down to avoid it.

Cavero fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Holliday, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Holliday's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cavero looks to land a right hand but Holliday moved out of range.
Cavero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Holliday circles away quickly and effectively.
Holliday misses with a double jab.
Cavero misses with an uppercut. Holliday saw that one coming.
Holliday uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cavero.
Holliday on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cavero. Cavero obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cavero lands a jab.
Juan Cavero is winning the standup battle so far.
Holliday shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Holliday throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cavero misses with a head kick.
Cavero looks to score with a jab to the body but Holliday is just out of range.
Holliday digs a good body shot into Cavero's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Cavero dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Holliday's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cavero fails to land with a series of punches.
Cavero misses with a straight right.
Holliday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cavero circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cavero. Holliday does a little dance to reset his feet.
Holliday swinging wildly here.
Holliday throws a series of punches but Cavero avoids them all with ease.
Cavero does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Juan Cavero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cavero lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Cavero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Holliday on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cavero is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holliday can do to turn this around?
A thudding body kick lands there by Cavero!
Holliday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Holliday takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Holliday takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Holliday lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cavero circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holliday throws a series of punches but Cavero moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Cavero.
Holliday misses with a straight right.
Holliday throws a right and a left that both miss.
Holliday lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cavero backs up against the cage.
Cavero scores with a jab to the jaw.

Holliday is rocked!
Cavero throws a leg kick but Holliday sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cavero throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Cavero. Those never looked like landing.
Holliday's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cavero connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Holliday scrambles back to his feet.
Cavero slips a straight right by Holliday.
Holliday ducks under a wild hook from Cavero.
Cavero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Holliday.
Holliday is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cavero just misses with a punch to the body.
John Holliday has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holliday has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cavero moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cavero misses with a double jab.
Holliday throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Cavero does no damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cavero lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Holliday misses with a combination
and Cavero counters with a three punch combo that has Holliday backing up. Holliday nods at Cavero to acknowledge the strikes.
Holliday is still on wobbly legs! Can Cavero finish him?
Holliday lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cavero backs up against the cage.
Holliday seems to have recovered his senses.
Holliday takes one on the button.
Holliday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cavero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cavero scores with a shot to the body.
Cavero is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cavero lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Holliday throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cavero counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cavero connects with a right that clearly hurt Holliday. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Cavero proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Holliday collapses and taps out under the pressure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Cavero!
A less than humble Juan Cavero misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.