PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Cabollaro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Deen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cabollaro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKy611o_3KA&feature=related. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Cabollaro
vs
Deen

195 cm
32
275 lbs
16 - 32 - 0

198 cm
19
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

KAISER

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 16 - 32 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Javier Cabollaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Deen!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cabollaro rushes Deen and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Cabollaro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Deen backwards.
Deen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Deen is trying to break free.

Cabollaro manages to break the clinch.
Cabollaro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Deen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Javier Cabollaro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cabollaro avoids a punch combination nicely.
Deen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Deen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Deen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Deen misses with a wild combination.

Cabollaro cracks Deen with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Deen looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Cabollaro finish him?

It looks like Michael Deen has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cabollaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Deen moves away.

Cabollaro drives through and clinches with Deen against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cabollaro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Cabollaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Deen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Deen does no damage.
Deen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cabollaro throws a right and a left that Deen avoids nicely.
Cabollaro tries to clinch there but Deen circles away.

Cabollaro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Deen is trying to break the clinch but Cabollaro is controlling him.
Deen managing to block the knees to the body from Cabollaro.
Deen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Cabollaro.
Cabollaro trying to land knees to the body.

Cabollaro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cabollaro slips a jab and a cross from Deen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Cabollaro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Deen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cabollaro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Deen scores with a shot to the body.
Deen misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deen keeps the fight on the outside.
Deen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Cabollaro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cabollaro.
Deen looks winded!
Cabollaro looking to throw knees to the head but Deen is blocking nicely.

Cabollaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cabollaro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Cabollaro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cabollaro stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Cabollaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cabollaro throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cabollaro clinches up against the ropes.

Cabollaro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Deen lands a two punch combo.
Deen misses with the combination.
Cabollaro throws a wild body kick that Deen sees coming a mile off.

Cabollaro clinches.
Deen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Deen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Cabollaro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Deen throws a series of punches but Cabollaro moves out of range.
Deen tries to bum rush Cabollaro with a series of wild strikes but Cabollaro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Deen checks a low kick from Cabollaro.
A combination from Deen does no damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cabollaro closes the distance and clinches.
Deen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Deen takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cabollaro cracks Deen with a nice body shot.

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

Cabollaro moves into the clinch.
Deen managing to block the knees to the body from Cabollaro.
Cabollaro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Deen.
Deen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cabollaro lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cabollaro lands a shoulder strike.
Cabollaro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cabollaro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

Cabollaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Cabollaro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Deen's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cabollaro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Deen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cabollaro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.

Cabollaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Deen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deen scores with a jab. Cabollaro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cabollaro throws an overhand right that has Deen reeling! Cabollaro follows up with more punches and Deen is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Javier Cabollaro!
Javier Cabollaro made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I punch face he punch face one fall down '.