PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Serafin Cuevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben De La Vega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ruben De La Vega has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cuevas
vs
De La Vega

180 cm
28
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

178 cm
27
165 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Serafin Cuevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ruben De La Vega!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuevas throws a one two combo.

It looks like Ruben De La Vega has been cut.
De La Vega looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
De La Vega takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De La Vega swinging wildly here.
Cuevas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cuevas.
Cuevas misses with a few strikes there.
Cuevas works the jab nicely.
Cuevas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cuevas wants it to stay on the feet.
Cuevas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Vega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cuevas fails to land with a series of punches.
A combination from Cuevas does no damage.
Cuevas misses the shot to the body.
Cuevas connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuevas thows a left - swing and a miss!
De La Vega takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De La Vega on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cuevas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cuevas.
Cuevas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De La Vega at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuevas. De La Vega does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cuevas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling De La Vega to counter with a crisp jab.
Cuevas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Vega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cuevas throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left lands for Cuevas.
Serafin Cuevas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cuevas misses with a wild combination.
De La Vega displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cuevas throws out the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas looks to land a combination but De La Vega avoids it well.
A punch combination from Cuevas misses.
Cuevas misses with a few strikes there.
Cuevas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De La Vega scores with a jab to the body.
De La Vega lands with a shot to the body.
A combination from Cuevas does no damage.
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!
Cuevas misses with a few strikes there.
Cuevas lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cuevas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De La Vega on the side of the head.
Cuevas misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from De La Vega.
Cuevas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cuevas connects with a single shot there.
Some wild striking there from Cuevas.
Serafin Cuevas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuevas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De La Vega.
Serafin Cuevas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ruben De La Vega.
Cuevas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cuevas thows a body shot but no joy.
Cuevas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Cuevas does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas swings for the body but De La Vega moves out of range.
Cuevas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cuevas lands a two punch combo.
Cuevas misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice combination there by Cuevas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuevas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuevas misses with the combination.
Cuevas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuevas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cuevas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serafin Cuevas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ruben De La Vega's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cuevas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De La Vega.
De La Vega throws a right and a left that Cuevas avoids nicely.
Cuevas connects with a single shot there.
Cuevas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot by Cuevas.
No joy there for Cuevas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but De La Vega might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cuevas has got the better of the exchanges.
No joy there for Cuevas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuevas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cuevas throws a series of punches but De La Vega moves out of range.
Cuevas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cuevas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cuevas duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas swinging wildly here.
De La Vega is breathing heavily.
Cuevas looks to land a combination but De La Vega avoids it well.
Cuevas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cuevas misses with the combination.
No joy there for De La Vega, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De La Vega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De La Vega missing with a left hand there. Cuevas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cuevas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between De La Vega's hands.
Cuevas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but De La Vega moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

De La Vega darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Cuevas scores with a one two! De La Vega had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
De La Vega dodges the punch combination from Cuevas.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cuevas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuevas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cuevas throws a right hand that De La Vega ducks under and follows up with a left that De La Vega also avoids with ease.
Cuevas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice cross by Cuevas.
De La Vega has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas moves into range and connects with a jab.
De La Vega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Cuevas. Those never looked like landing.
Cuevas throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cuevas misses with a series of wild punches.
Cuevas misses with a wild combination.
Cuevas is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cuevas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
No joy there for Cuevas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuevas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De La Vega was well out of range. Poor timing from Cuevas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Vega lands a glancing blow to the side of Cuevas's head.
Cuevas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De La Vega can do to turn this around?
Cuevas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Vega takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cuevas throws a right hand that De La Vega ducks under and follows up with a left that De La Vega also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Cuevas. Those never looked like landing.
Cuevas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuevas misses with a double jab
and De La Vega counters with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuevas misses with a wild combination.
Cuevas throws a nice looking combination but De La Vega bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Serafin Cuevas dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ruben De La Vega's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Cuevas misses with a two punch combination.
Cuevas misses with a wild combination.
Cuevas throws a body punch but De La Vega moves out of range.
Cuevas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cuevas looks to land a combination but De La Vega avoids it well.
A left lands for Cuevas.
De La Vega swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cuevas tests De La Vega's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cuevas misses with a series of wild punches.
Cuevas throws a combination. De La Vega tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas throws a series of punches but De La Vega avoids them all with ease.
Cuevas misses with a combination
and De La Vega counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cuevas thinking.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cuevas swinging wildly here.
De La Vega closes the distance and clinches up with Cuevas, looking for a takedown. De La Vega pushes Cuevas against the cage but Cuevas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cuevas misses with a double jab.
Cuevas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cuevas jabs De La Vega right on the nose. De La Vega blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas thows a body shot but no joy.
Cuevas misses with a body punch

and De La Vega counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cuevas won't be happy with that.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
De La Vega tries to stand but Cuevas is controlling his head.
Cuevas is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Cuevas trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
De La Vega trying to control the action but Cuevas is working from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuevas is trying to buck De La Vega off.

Cuevas bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Cuevas scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas scores with a three punch combo!
Cuevas misses with a wild combination.
De La Vega avoids a punch combination nicely.
De La Vega shoots in looking for a takedown but Cuevas manages to keep the fight standing, pushing De La Vega's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cuevas connects with a crisp jab.
Cuevas throws a nice looking combination but De La Vega bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cuevas throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De La Vega.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De La Vega at a distance.
Cuevas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cuevas looks to score with a jab to the body but De La Vega is just out of range.
Cuevas throws a series of punches but De La Vega avoids them all with ease.
De La Vega takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cuevas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Vega moves away.
Cuevas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cuevas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuevas misses with a double jab

and De La Vega counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ruben De La Vega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Serafin Cuevas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cuevas is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Serafin Cuevas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cuevas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Serafin Cuevas!