PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julio Calbrentes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steven James has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Calbrentes
vs
James

167 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Julio Calbrentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steven James!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James tries to clinch up.
Calbrentes tries a low kick but James avoids it.
Calbrentes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Calbrentes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calbrentes tries to bum rush James with a series of wild strikes but James uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James gets cracked there but stands up to it.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James wants to clinch.
Calbrentes keeps the fight on the outside.
Calbrentes fails in his attempt to clinch.
James dodges the punch combination from Calbrentes.
Calbrentes missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Calbrentes swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
Steven James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James tries to clinch but Calbrentes is having none of it.
A big right from Calbrentes misses.
Calbrentes scores with a nice right hand.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Calbrentes circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Calbrentes. Those never looked like landing.
Calbrentes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calbrentes misses with the combination.
Calbrentes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
James defending well as Calbrentes loads up on a big left hand.
Calbrentes looks to land a right hand but James moved out of range.
Calbrentes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Calbrentes keeps the fight on the outside.
Calbrentes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Calbrentes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Calbrentes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calbrentes throws an overhand right that lands on James's shoulder, as James tries to avoid the shot.
James blocks a low kick nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calbrentes.
James tries to clinch but Calbrentes is having none of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Calbrentes. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calbrentes misses with a leg kick.
Calbrentes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
Calbrentes is looking to clinch.
Calbrentes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Calbrentes misses with a shot to the body
and James counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Calbrentes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!

James has closed the distance and engaged Calbrentes in a clinch.
Calbrentes wants to break free but James has control.
Calbrentes stalling in the clinch but James improves position.
Calbrentes tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Calbrentes avoids it.
James gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Julio Calbrentes has been cut.
Calbrentes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Calbrentes is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
Calbrentes has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
James keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Calbrentes's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes gets through James's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Calbrentes stops a takedown attempt from James.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
James prevents Calbrentes from breaking the clinch.
Calbrentes is trying to push James away but James has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Calbrentes tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.
Calbrentes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but James gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Calbrentes avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James keeps control of Calbrentes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Calbrentes up against the cage.
Calbrentes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Calbrentes tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.
James trying to land knees to the body.
James prevents Calbrentes from breaking the clinch.
Calbrentes tries to circle away but James has him pinned against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calbrentes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Calbrentes jumps guard but James turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Calbrentes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
James looking to slow down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Calbrentes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Calbrentes'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.

James moves in looking to clinch but Calbrentes pushes him off.
Calbrentes keeps the fight on the outside.
Calbrentes keeps the fight on the outside.
James slips under a jab from Calbrentes.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Calbrentes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Calbrentes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Calbrentes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Calbrentes misses.
James throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Calbrentes.
James on the wrong end of a nice hook.
James is looking to clinch but Calbrentes is avoiding it.

James scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

James decides to stand back up.
Calbrentes connects with a right hand. James shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calbrentes scores with a shot to the body.
Calbrentes throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Julio Calbrentes is winning the standup battle so far.
Calbrentes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Calbrentes misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calbrentes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck James on the side of the head.

James gets a clinch.
Calbrentes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Calbrentes looking for a takedown.
Calbrentes has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Calbrentes lands with a left to the head.
Calbrentes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. James gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Calbrentes missing with knees to the body.
Calbrentes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Calbrentes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Calbrentes won't want to take too many of those.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section.
James prevents Calbrentes from breaking the clinch.
James is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Calbrentes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. James is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Calbrentes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calbrentes can't break the clinch.
Calbrentes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
James missing with knees to the body.
James has Calbrentes pressed against the cage, preventing Calbrentes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Calbrentes wants to break free but James has control.
James just leaning against Calbrentes, taking a breather.
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!
Calbrentes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
James taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Calbrentes.
Calbrentes stalling against the cage.
Calbrentes tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.
James has Calbrentes pressed against the cage, preventing Calbrentes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Calbrentes is trying to break free.

Calbrentes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

James gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Calbrentes tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Calbrentes back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calbrentes misses with a hook to the ribs.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Calbrentes avoids the damage to the body.
Calbrentes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Calbrentes stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Calbrentes is trying to break the clinch but James is controlling him.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Calbrentes avoids the damage to the body.
James holding his opponent close, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from James.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Julio Calbrentes will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Julio Calbrentes's cut.
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. This is the final round!

James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James tries to clinch but Calbrentes moves out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Calbrentes scores with a four punch combination!
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Calbrentes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Calbrentes lands with a right hand.

James is rocked!
Calbrentes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but James swivels and escapes.
James is still on wobbly legs! Can Calbrentes finish him?
Calbrentes cracks James on the jaw with a powerful right hand and James falls backwards against the cage. Calbrentes follows up with more strikes that drop James to his knees. Calbrentes keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save James! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Calbrentes!