PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Caballero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Springsteen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Bruno Caballero has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Bruno Caballero seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Caballero
vs
Springsteen

190 cm
24
265 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

196 cm
29
245 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bruno Caballero!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Springsteen!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caballero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Springsteen moves away.
Caballero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Springsteen circles away quickly and effectively.
Springsteen just misses with a punch to the body.
Caballero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Springsteen.
Caballero throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Caballero fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Caballero connects with a body shot that sends Springsteen's belly button to the back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Springsteen.
Springsteen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caballero moves away.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Caballero will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Springsteen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Springsteen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caballero.
A jab lands there for Caballero.
Springsteen looks to score with a jab to the body but Caballero is just out of range.
Bruno Caballero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Springsteen misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Springsteen throws a series of punches but Caballero avoids them all with ease.
Caballero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Caballero slips a jab from Springsteen.
Springsteen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caballero.
A left lands for Springsteen.
Springsteen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Caballero moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Springsteen.
Springsteen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Springsteen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Caballero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Springsteen.
Paul Springsteen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caballero misses with a series of wild punches.
Caballero tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Springsteen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Springsteen throws a body punch but Caballero moves out of range.
Springsteen throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Caballero throws a right and a left that both miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Springsteen. Caballero does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caballero looks to land a combination but Springsteen avoids it well.
Springsteen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Caballero circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Springsteen misses.
Springsteen misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Springsteen tries to bum rush Caballero with a series of wild strikes but Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Caballero fails to land the takedown.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Caballero.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Caballero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Springsteen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Caballero throws a left and a right that both miss
and Springsteen counters with a left to the body.
Springsteen swats away the attempt to clinch by Caballero.
Springsteen misses with a series of wild punches.
Springsteen throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Springsteen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Springsteen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Caballero connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Springsteen's hands.
Springsteen swinging wildly here.
Springsteen throws a hook but Caballero avoids it easily.
Caballero tries for a takedown but Springsteen sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero tries to score a power double leg takedown but Springsteen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Caballero somewhat.
Springsteen works the jab nicely.
Caballero throws a series of punches but Springsteen avoids them all with ease.
Caballero walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A left lands for Springsteen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A combination from Springsteen does no damage.
Caballero scores with a jab. Springsteen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Springsteen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Springsteen scores with a one two! Caballero had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Springsteen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Springsteen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caballero manages to avoid it.
Caballero slips a jab and a cross from Springsteen.
Caballero misses with a two punch combination.
Springsteen fails to land with a series of punches.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Caballero wants to clinch.
Springsteen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Caballero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Caballero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Caballero shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Springsteen defends it nicely.
Springsteen thuds a left hand into Caballero's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Springsteen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Springsteen takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bruno Caballero is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Springsteen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Caballero looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Springsteen swinging wildly here.
Springsteen misses the shot to the body.
Springsteen misses with a wild body shot.
Caballero throws a right and a left that Springsteen avoids nicely.
Springsteen with a jab.
Caballero misses with a double jab.
Caballero throws a right hand that Springsteen ducks under and follows up with a left that Springsteen also avoids with ease.
Springsteen lands with a hook. Caballero tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Springsteen looks to throw the jab but Caballero is out of range.
Caballero throws a series of punches but Springsteen avoids them all with ease.
Caballero lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Paul Springsteen has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Springsteen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caballero moves away.
Springsteen dodges the punch combination from Caballero.
Caballero takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caballero misses with a few strikes there.
Springsteen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Caballero was well out of range. Poor timing from Springsteen.
Caballero moves forwards but Springsteen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Springsteen cracks Caballero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caballero misses with a hook.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Caballero. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Springsteen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Springsteen avoids a punch combination nicely.
A lazy left from Springsteen finds it's target.
Springsteen throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Caballero!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Springsteen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Caballero fails to land the takedown.
Caballero fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Springsteen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Caballero avoids the body shot from Springsteen.
Springsteen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Caballero shoots in for a double leg but Springsteen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Caballero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Springsteen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Springsteen looks to score with a jab to the body but Caballero is just out of range.
A big right from Springsteen misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Springsteen.
Springsteen throws a right hand that Caballero ducks under and follows up with a left that Caballero also avoids with ease.
Caballero swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Paul Springsteen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Springsteen misses with a double jab.
Caballero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Springsteen stalks Caballero and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Caballero's face. Caballero staggers backwards, shaken.
Caballero misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Springsteen misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caballero is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Springsteen.
Caballero throws a right hand that Springsteen ducks under and follows up with a left that Springsteen also avoids with ease.
Springsteen misses with a series of wild punches.
Caballero takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Springsteen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caballero shoots in looking for a takedown. Springsteen tries to sprawl out of it but Caballero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Springsteen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Springsteen swinging wildly here.
Springsteen tries to bum rush Caballero with a series of wild strikes but Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Caballero ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Caballero will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Springsteen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Springsteen wants it to stay on the feet.
Springsteen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Caballero.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Springsteen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caballero defending well as Springsteen loads up on a big left hand.
Springsteen scores with a punch to the head.
Caballero takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caballero throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Springsteen.
Caballero throws a series of punches but Springsteen avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Springsteen throws a series of punches but Caballero moves out of range.
Caballero changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Springsteen tries to avoid it but Caballero manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Springsteen to the ground. Springsteen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
No joy there for Springsteen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Springsteen just misses with a punch to the body.
Caballero throws a right and a left that Springsteen avoids nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Springsteen just misses with a punch to the body.
Springsteen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Springsteen throws a series of punches but Caballero moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Springsteen. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Springsteen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Springsteen'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!

Caballero slips a jab and a cross from Springsteen.
Springsteen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Springsteen misses with a double jab.

Caballero shoots in and gets a takedown into Springsteen's guard.
Springsteen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Caballero gets to his feet. Springsteen looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Caballero doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Caballero ducks under a wild hook from Springsteen.
Caballero misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Caballero swinging wildly here.
Caballero tries to bum rush Springsteen with a series of wild strikes but Springsteen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Springsteen.
Springsteen misses with a hook. Caballero ducked under it nicely.
Springsteen misses with a wild body shot.
Caballero shoots in for a takedown but Springsteen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Springsteen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Springsteen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Springsteen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Caballero showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Springsteen.
Springsteen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Springsteen tries to bum rush Caballero with a series of wild strikes but Caballero uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Caballero closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Caballero stands up from half guard.
Springsteen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Caballero.
Nice takedown defense from Springsteen. No joy for Caballero on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Caballero. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Springsteen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caballero misses with a combination
and Caballero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Paul Springsteen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Caballero tries to clinch up.
Springsteen punishes Caballero's body with a nice straight punch.
Springsteen connects with a body shot that sends Caballero's belly button to the back.
Springsteen pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Caballero back to the cage. Springsteen follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Springsteen throws a body punch but Caballero moves out of range.

Caballero closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Caballero lands in his opponent's guard.
Springsteen is trying to keep Caballero in close.
Springsteen wants to get back to his feet but Caballero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Caballero gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Caballero misses with a wild combination.
Caballero misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caballero shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Caballero drops his hands momentarily and Springsteen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Springsteen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Caballero takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Caballero fails to land with a series of punches.
Springsteen throws a combination. Caballero tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Springsteen misses with a two punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Springsteen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Springsteen lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Caballero scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Springsteen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Caballero backs up against the cage.
Caballero avoids the body shot from Springsteen.
Caballero dodges the punch combination from Springsteen.
Some wild striking there from Caballero.
Bruno Caballero has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Caballero moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Springsteen keeps control of Caballero as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Caballero swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caballero fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Springsteen breaks from the clinch.
Springsteen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Springsteen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Springsteen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Caballero manages to avoid it.
Caballero 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!

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

Caballero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Springsteen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Caballero fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Springsteen avoids it really well and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bruno Caballero.
I think Springsteen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Springsteen!